Balanced Biosphere Vocabulary Assessment

1. Consumer

• A type of organism that makes it own food through photosynthesis
• A type of organism that gets its own food by eating other organisms.
• A type of organism that eats only plants.

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2. Use the word CONSUMER in a sentence. Include correct punctuation AND capitalization!

3. Decomposer

• A type of organism that eats only other animals.
• A type of organism that gets its own food by eating other organisms.
• A type of organism that eats only dead organisms.

4. Use the word DECOMPOSER in a sentence. Include correct punctuation AND capitalization!

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

5. Population

• The number of one single species of organism that live in a certain area.
• The number of total organisms in a certain area.
• When one organism hunts and feeds on another organism.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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6. Use the word POPULATION in a sentence. Include correct punctuation AND capitalization!

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7. Natural Resource

• A resource made by humans.
• A resource made from nature.
• A resource that is found underground.

8. Use the words NATURAL RESOURCE in a sentence. Include correct punctuation AND capitalization!

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9. Competition

• When two organisms live together and help each other.
• When two organisms live together and one harms the other.
• When two organisms fight for a resource such as food, water or territory.

10. Which is an example of Competition?

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