Matter and Energy

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What do the arrows in a food web show?

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The next organism that uses the energy.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own energy storage molecules (such as glucose).

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True or False: A food web shows how energy flows through an ecosystem.

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True.

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What is carbon?

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A type of atom that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide and energy storage molecules.

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What is an ecosystem?

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All the nonliving and living things.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals to get energy.

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What is matter?

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work or cause change.

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What is a food chain?

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A simple way to show how energy moves from one organism to another.