Ecosystem Basics

A consumer that gets its food from breaking down the remains of dead plants and animals.

• producer

• consumer

• abiotic

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The non-living parts of the ecosystem.

• abiotic

• biotic

• producer

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

 A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.

• ecosystem

• photosyntheis

• producer

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The process that producers such as plants use to make their own food using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water

• abiotic

• producer

• herbivore

• photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What type of ecosystem is this?

• tundra

• desert

• wetland

An animal that eats other animals

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• producer

An animal that eats only plants.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

• omnivore

An organism that eats plants, other animals or both.

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• biotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A living thing, such as a plant that makes its own food.

• decomposer

• consumer

• herbivore

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The living parts of the ecosystem.

• ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4