U1 Vocabulary Practice

Definition: organism that eats dead organic matter (decomposers)

• Herbivore

• Detritivore

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Definition: The process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain. (all living organisms use respiration processes; part of the carbon cycle)

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Ventilation

• Excretion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Definition: Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers rather than soaking into the ground (part of the water cycle).

• A) Carbon Cycle

• B) Precipitation

• C) Runoff

• D) Groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Definition: The flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms and the physical environment.

• A) Biogeochemical cycle

• B) Carbon cycle

• C) Food chain

• D) Energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Definition: the position (step) an organism occupies in a food chain.

• A) Food web

• B) Food chain

• C) Energy pyramid

• D) Trophic level

Definition: an organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter (consumer).

• Heterotroph

• Herbivore

• Autotroph

• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Definition: loss of water from a plant through its leaves (part of the water cycle)

• Transpiration

• Ecology

• Runoff

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Definition: Microscopic, free-floating, autotrophic organisms that function as producers in aquatic ecosystems

• Phytoplankton

• Algae

• Ecology

• Zooplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Definition: An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances using light or chemical energy.

• Heterotroph

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

• food chain

• energy pyramid

• biogeochemical cycle

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3