Ocean Food Webs Vocabulary

What term describes an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Predator

What process involves using sunlight energy to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide?

• A. Energy cycle

• B. Life cycle

• C. Photosynthesis

• D. Decomposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What term describes the stages of growth and development an organism goes through in its lifetime?

• Food web

• Life cycle

• Energy cycle

• Niche cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What describes an organism that breaks down dead or decaying matter for energy?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Predator

What is a tool that helps identify an object or organism by answering a set of questions?

• Food web

• Dichotomous key

• Classification guide

• Energy chart

What describes the function or role that an organism has in the environment?

• Niche

• Habitat

• Territory

• Range

What term describes the force exerted by an object, liquid, or gas on an area?

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Volume

• Density

What describes an organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis?

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What term describes an organism that actively seeks or hunts other animals to eat?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Predator

What describes an organism that is hunted by another organism for food?

• Producer

• Prey

• Predator

• Consumer