Unit 1 Day 9 Warm Up

Chain that shows the energy flow from one organism to another within an ecosystem.

• Decomposer

• Trophic Level

• Food Web

• Detritivores

• Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A complex system of feeding relationships in an ecosystem that shows multiple food chains within that ecosystem.

• Decomposer

• Trophic Level

• Food Web

• Detritivores

• Food Chain

Eat dead organic matter.

• Decomposer

• Trophic Level

• Food Web

• Detritivores

• Food Chain

Organisms that break down decaying organic matter into simpler compounds that other organisms can use.

• Decomposer

• Trophic Level

• Food Web

• Detritivores

• Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The group of organisms in an ecosystem that occupy the same level in a food chain.

• Decomposer

• Trophic Level

• Food Web

• Detritivores

• Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?

• Other lizard species that compete with Texas horned lizards

• Predators of Texas horned lizards

• Plants eaten by Texas horned lizards

• Ants & Grasshoppers, the prey of Texas horned lizards

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4