all the living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact

• Ecosystem
• Biodiversity
• Population
• Habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

living thing that makes its own food

• Heterotroph
• Photosynthesis
• Carnivore
• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

area or place where an organism lives in an ecosystem

• territory
• domain
• environment
• habitat

living thing that eats other living things

• herbivore
• omnivore
• photosynthesis
• consumer

all the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem

• community
• habitat
• population
• environment

animal that eats plants

• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore
• predator

animal that gets food by eating other animals

• vegetarian
• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore

the transfer of energy from one organism to another by eating and being eaten

• Food chain
• Energy web
• Predator-prey relationship
• Nutrient cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago

• fossil
• relic
• relic
• artifact

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

animal that eats plants and other animals

• carnivore
• herbivore
• predator
• omnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2