Energy Transfer Vocabulary

What is the term for an organism that obtains energy from the food it consumes; another name for consumer?

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for an organism that can make their own food (energy); another name for producer?

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Detritivore

What is a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring called?

• Species

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What is the term for the variety of living things in an ecosystem?

• Biodiversity

• Biomass

• Ecosystem

• Community

What is a community of organisms and all non-living factors in the environment called?

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Habitat

• Biosphere

What are nonliving parts of an ecosystem called?

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Producers

• Consumers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the different populations of organisms that live together in an area are called a _____.

The ability to do work is called _____.

A group of organisms that eat producers and have herbivore diets are called (a)   .

• Primary consumers
• Secondary consumers
• Tertiary consumers
• Detritivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A group of organisms that eat primary consumers and have carnivore or omnivore diets are called (a)   .

• Secondary consumers
• Primary consumers
• Tertiary consumers
• Producers