Life Science Vocab- 5th Grade

The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food.

• decomposers

• carbon dioxide

• photosynthesis

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A pigment found in plants that helps them make their own food.

• photosynthesis

• chlorophyll

• producers

• invasive species

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that does not belong in a certain place or can harm the environment.

• consumers

• predator

• producers

• invasive species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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The interaction of all living organisms in an area with all of the non-living organisms.

• ecosystem

• invasive species

• carbon dioxide

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A colorless, odorless gas in the air that we breath out.

• oxygen

• carbon monoxide

• carbon dioxide

• consumers

Living things like plants, that make their own food.

• omnivore

• producer

• consumer

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat other plants or animals to obtain energy.

• producer

• carnivore

• consumer

• photosynthesis

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organic matter.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• invasive species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3