5th Grade LEAP Ch.4 Vocabulary Test

organisms that eat dead organisms as food to obtain energy

• carnivores

• herbivores

• decomposers

• omnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

the position occupied by an organism in the food chain

• trophic level

• food web

• top consumer

• environment

a law which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed

• top consumers

• biotic

• The Law of Conservation of Energy

• Photosynthesis

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the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• invasive species

• radiation

• environment

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a graphic model which shows the amount of energy at each trophic level

• energy pyramid

• biotic

• abiotic

• energy flow

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the primary source of energy for our solar system

• food chain

• food web

• the sun

• organism

a more complicated model of the flow of energy and the relationship between producers,
       consumers and decomposers in a community

• estuary

• top consumer

• ecosystem

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

living organisms

• abiotic

• biotic

• producers

• estuary

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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animals that only eat other animals

• omnivores

• herbivores

• carnivores

• decomposers

produce the energy used by all other organisms in a food web, usually plants

• omnivores

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3