Energy Flow Through Ecosystem

a model of interconnected food chains that shows how energy flows through an ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

• energy chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that makes its own food by using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.

• producer

• consumer

• carnivore

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

• producer

• consumer

• abiotic factor

• plant

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a type of consumer that gets most of its energy from eating other consumers

• carnivore

• herbivore

• producer

• omnivore

Label the Energy Pyramid

a

b

c

d

460 J

4,600 J

460,000 J

46,000 J

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which trophic level contains the most energy in the pyramid?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a group of organisms that get their energy from eating the remains of dead plants and animals.

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

• decomposers

trees, flowers, grasses, and all other plants are examples of?

• herbivores

• producers

• scavengers

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the process that plants use sunlight to make food for themselves?

• predation

• symbiosis

• photosynthesis

• decomposing

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?

• The snakes will increase.

• The grasshoppers will decrease.

• The eagles will remain the same.

• The grasshoppers will increase.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4