Science Vocabulary

What is a carnivore?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• An animal that only eats plants

• An animal that eats both plants and animals

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals

What is a consumer?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• A living thing that eats other living things

• An animal that eats both plants and animals

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals

What is a food chain?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• A living thing that eats other living things

• How living things are connected through what they eat and what they are eaten by

• Many different food chains found in one place

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a food web?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• A living thing that eats other living things

• How living things are connected through what they eat and what they are eaten by

• Many different food chains found in one place

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a herbivore?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• An animal that only eats plants

• An animal that eats both plants and animals

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals

What is matter?

• Anything that takes up space; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, or gas

• A living thing that eats other living things

• How living things are connected through what they eat and what they are eaten by

• Many different food chains found in one place

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is matter flow?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• A living thing that eats other living things

• The movement of material through an ecosystem, such as through food chains and food webs

• Many different food chains found in one place

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a model?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• A living thing that eats other living things

• A pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or complicated to work with

• Many different food chains found in one place

What is an omnivore?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• An animal that only eats plants

• An animal that eats both plants and animals

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals

What is a predator?

• An animal that eats only other animals

• A living thing that eats other living things

• An animal that eats both plants and animals

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals