Where do you get the molecules that you need to grow?

• by taking vitamins

• by adding molecules to your body

• you do not use molecules to grow

• by decomposing trees

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Where does the alligator get its food molecules?

• from the grocery store

• through many other organisms that eat one another

• through the sun's energy

• from the Plover bird

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Where do food molecules for cecropia trees come from?

• from the ground and animals around the trees

• the food molecules are the same as all plants: carbon dioxide and water molecules and energy from the sun

• Cecropia trees do not need food molecules to survive

• Cecropia trees are in the rainforest so there is plenty of food molecules in the rain

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What is similar about the paths that energy took through the ecosystem?

• They all have the same animals

• All the paths have energy from the moon

• They all begin with the sun

• They all end with the sun

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What is an ecosystem?

• The area of land where animals live

• A community of insects that work together

• A community of organisms together with its environment

• The section of a terrarium where plants grow

What do earthworms, slugs, and mushrooms have to do with soil?

• They all live in the soil

• They all help organisms decompose into the soil

• They all are a vital part of the ecosystem

• All of the above

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What is a scientific argument?

• An evidence based claim about the natural world

• An argument about science

• A scientific explanation about the solar system

• A discussion between scientists about science

Only living things are made of matter

• True

• False

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All the matter an animal eats is added to its body

• True

• False

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Most organisms in an ecosystem eat only one type of organism

• True

• False