Science Vocab Quiz # 7 - Food Chains

A natural area, like a forest or a pond, where all of the living things (plants, animals, and tiny bugs) and non-living things (like water, air, and rocks) work together and depend on each other to survive.

• ecosystem

• habitat

• biome

• community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A living organism, like a plant, that makes its own food and energy using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. 

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• vertebrate

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that gets its energy by eating, or consuming, other organisms because it cannot make its own food.

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• vertebrate

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism, such as bacteria, fungi  (e.g.mushrooms), or worms, that breaks down dead plants and animals into tiny nutrients.

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• vertebrate

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram that traces the transfer of food energy from one consumer to the next by what they consume and what consumes them.

• energy cycle

• nutrient flow

• food chain

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An arrangement of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

• energy cycle

• nutrient flow

• food chain

• food web

The process used by green plants, algae, and some bacteria to convert light energy into chemical energy, primarily in the form of carbohydrates (sugars).

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• fermentation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal with a backbone.

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

• reptile

• mammal

An animal without a backbone.

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

• reptile

• mammal

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An invertebrate with a hard protective outer shell, a segmented body, and jointed legs.

• echinoderm

• mollusk

• arthropod

• cnidarian