Ecosystems Vocabulary

the proper word for living thing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

an organism that is able to make its own food

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that depends on eating other organisms in order to survive

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• prey

a type of consumer that breaks down dead plant and animal materials;

Examples: fungi, bacteria, mushrooms, worms

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an animal that preys on other animals to survive

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

an organism that is hunted and killed by another for food

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• prey

this is made up of a community of different living organisms and the physical environment where they are found

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that eats only producers (plant eater)

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• food chain

• food web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

an organism that eats only other consumers (meat eater)

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• food chain

• food web

an organism that eats both plants and animals

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• food chain

• food web