Food webs and Energy Flow

An organism that must consume others for nutrients

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• trophic level

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that break down the remains of dead plants and animals to obtain energy

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• apex predators

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the abiotic and biotic factors in an area and the interactions among them

• energy sytem

• ecosystem

• food chain

• trophic levels

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The ability of a system to do work

• trophic level

• food chain

• nutrients

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

The overlapping food chains that show energy flow in an ecosystem

• food web

• matter cycle

• nutrient map

• energy pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life

• energy

• nutrients

• decomposers

• sunlight

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A self contained living thing

• organism

• ecosystem

• population

• trophic level

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

An organism that uses energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into food

• consumer

• decomposer

• apex predator

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The position an organism occupies on an energy pyramid or food web

• niche

• energy setting

• nutrient level

• trophic level

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The movement of elements or molecules through a repeated sequence of events

• energy flow

• matter cycle

• photosynthesis

• trophic level

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3