Energy and Ecosystems

The amount of energy transferred from one level to another.

• 100%

• 90%

• 50%

• 10%

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Amount of energy received from the lower level is used for life processes

• 100%

• 90%

• 50%

• 10%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

Plants use carbon dioxide to make the food that most living things need to live.

• Carbon-Oxygen Cycle

• Oxygen Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Carbon-Nitrogen Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A consumer that eats only animals.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

A consumer that eats plants and animals.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

A consumer that eats only plants.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

A consumer that eats dead organisms.

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

A green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria.

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplasts

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A structure in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food.

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplasts

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6