Life Science 5th Grade

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What do the roots of a plant absorb?

Back

Water and Nutrients

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Are plants living or non-living?

Back

Living

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

Back

An organism that eats another organism to get energy.

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What is the process called in which nitrogen circulates and is recycled?

Back

The nitrogen cycle.

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What part of the plant holds it in the ground and absorbs water and nutrients?

Back

Roots.

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What is photosynthesis?

Back

The process by which plants use sunlight to make their own food.

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What is a producer?

Back

An organism that makes its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

Back

They break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil.

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What is the water cycle?

Back

The continuous process by which water moves from the earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.

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What is the carbon cycle?

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The process by which carbon is exchanged among the atmosphere, land, water, and living organisms.