Living Things and Ecosystems Vocab Test Lesson 5-8

All the living and non-living things that interact in an area.

• Energy Pyramid

• Ecosystem

• Prairie

• Food Web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that captures and east other animals.

• Predator

• Prey

• Invasive Species

• Fungi

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A model that shows the amount of energy that is passed on at each level of a food chain.

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Energy Chain

• Energy Pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The animal that is captured and eaten by another animal.

• Antelope

• Captive

• Prey

• Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A diagram that shows the many connected food chains and feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

• Energy Web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The slow changes that take place in an ecosystem that has been disturbed. On group of organisms replaces another group until a stable community is formed.

• Food Chain

• Disturbance

• Invasive Species

• Succession

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A model showing the path of energy through a series of organisms in an ecosystem.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Web

• Energy Web

• Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An event that changes an ecosystem for a long period of time. Can be caused by a human or by natural process.

• Invasive Species

• Disturbance

• Succession

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A non-native kind of organism that causes harm to an ecosystem.

• Succession

• Reclusive Species

• Invasive Species

• Endangered Species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

An organism that breaks down dead organisms and wastes to live and grow.

• Decomposer

• Invasive Species

• Bacteria

• Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3