Module 2 Lesson 2 Vocab

organism that captures energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce its own food; provides the foundation of the food supply for other organisms; also called a producer.

• herbivore

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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organism that cannot make its own food and gets its nutrients and energy requirements by feeding on other organisms; also called a consumer.

• detritivore

• omnivore

• autotroph

• heterotroph

heterotroph that eats only plants

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

heterotroph that preys on other heterotrophs

• detritivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

heterotroph that consumes both plants and animals

• carnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

• omnivore

heterotroph that decomposes organic material and returns the nutrients to soil, air, and water, making the nutrients available to other organisms.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• detritivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

each step in a food chain or food web

• trophic level

• food chain

• food web

• food pyramid

simplified model that shows a single path for energy flow through an ecosystem

• food pyramid

• food web

• food chain

• trophic level

model that shows many interconnected food chains and pathways in which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem

• trophic level

• food pyramid

• food chain

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

total mass of living matter at each trophic level

• heterotroph

• biomass

• omnivore

• food pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3