7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis

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What is a group of atoms bonded together that represent the smallest unit of a chemical compound?

Back

Food molecules.

Front

What is anything that has mass and takes up space?

Back

Matter.

Front

What is a molecule made up of amino acids?

Back

Proteins.

Front

What do we call organisms that eat other organisms to gain energy?

Back

Consumers.

Front

What is a set of things working together as parts of an interconnecting network?

Back

System.

Front

What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?

Back

Photosynthesis.

Front

What are the primary producers in an ecosystem?

Back

Plants.

Front

What is the term for the cycle of matter through the environment?

Back

Matter cycling.

Front

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

Back

They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients.

Front

What is the main gas that plants take in during photosynthesis?

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Carbon dioxide.