How Can We Predict Changes in Ecosystems?

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What is air?

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Air is matter.

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Can models be used to predict ecosystem invasions?

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Yes, models can be used to make predictions about locations that are more susceptible to invasion.

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Does energy flow through living and nonliving components of ecosystems?

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Yes, energy flows through both living and nonliving components of ecosystems.

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What is sunlight?

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Sunlight is energy.

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What video showed that food contains energy?

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The peanut burning.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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What is energy in the context of ecosystems?

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Energy is the ability to do work, and in ecosystems, it is often derived from the sun.

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What role do producers play in an ecosystem?

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Producers, like plants, convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.

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What are consumers in an ecosystem?

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Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms for energy.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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