Amplify- Matter & Energy in Ecosystems

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What is a proposed answer to a question?

Back

Claim

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What do animals gain by eating food molecules?

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Energy

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What must an organism do in order to move and grow?

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Eat food, break down food, and make energy (all of the above).

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What term describes the interconnected chains through which molecules can be passed from one organism to another?

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Food web

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Which of the following is a primary producer in a desert ecosystem?

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Cacti

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

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Photosynthesis

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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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 linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.