Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

Plants that make their own food are called...

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food

• Photosynthesis

• Consumers

• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide and water from the air and soil to make energy

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Animals that get their energy by eating plants or other animals

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that eat ONLY producers and are all herbivores (plant-eaters)

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Decomposer

Organisms that consume the primary consumers (herbivores)

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The organisms that eat the secondary consumers

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that breaks down dead organic material

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A chain of living things in which one organism eats the one below it

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the food chains in a single ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3