Ecosystem Dynamics & Biodiversity

Biotic

• Living organism in an ecosystem
• Glucose, oxygen, and water
• Carbon dioxide and water
• Benefits humans derive from ecosystems
• Pores on plant leaves for gas exchange

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Abiotic

• Nonliving element in an ecosystem
• Living organism in an ecosystem
• Glucose, oxygen, and water
• Carbon dioxide and water
• Benefits humans derive from ecosystems

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Producer

• Organism that produces its own food
• Nonliving element in an ecosystem
• Living organism in an ecosystem
• Glucose, oxygen, and water
• Carbon dioxide and water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Herbivore

• Primary consumer that feeds on plants
• Organism that produces its own food
• Nonliving element in an ecosystem
• Living organism in an ecosystem
• Glucose, oxygen, and water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Carnivore

• Organism that primarily feeds on other animals
• Primary consumer that feeds on plants
• Organism that produces its own food
• Nonliving element in an ecosystem
• Living organism in an ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Tertiary consumer

• High-level consumer with the least organisms
• Organism that primarily feeds on other animals
• Primary consumer that feeds on plants
• Organism that produces its own food
• Nonliving element in an ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Food chain

• Linear representation of energy flow in an ecosystem
• High-level consumer with the least organisms
• Organism that primarily feeds on other animals
• Primary consumer that feeds on plants
• Organism that produces its own food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Food web

• Interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
• Linear representation of energy flow in an ecosystem
• High-level consumer with the least organisms
• Organism that primarily feeds on other animals
• Primary consumer that feeds on plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Individual

• Single organism within a population
• Interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
• Linear representation of energy flow in an ecosystem
• High-level consumer with the least organisms
• Organism that primarily feeds on other animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Population

• Group of the same species in a specific area
• Single organism within a population
• Interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
• Linear representation of energy flow in an ecosystem
• High-level consumer with the least organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4