7.5AB (Photosynthesis/Energy in Living Systems)

What do plants give off after photosynthesis?

• Oxygen

• carbon

• nitrogen

• hydrogen

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Which statement about photosynthesis is correct?

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from water.

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from soil.

• Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from sunlight.

• Plants do not require energy to perform photosynthesis.

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A pyramid shape is used to show the amount of available energy at each trophic level because...

• energy decreases as you go up the food chain, just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up.

• energy increases up the food chain just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up.

• energy amounts are the same at each trophic level

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If only 10% of an organism's energy is available for the next trophic level, what happens with the other 90% of the energy?

• It is destroyed after it is used up.

• It is used for life processes or lost as body heat.

• It remains for the next trophic level IF the predator consumes ALL of the organism.

• It is lost completely as body heat.

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In this energy pyramid, what is the proper name for ANY ORGANISM ABOVE THE PRODUCER LEVEL?

• decomposers

• consumers

• producers

• omnivores

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An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• autotroph

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The _____________ is an organelle inside a plant cell and is the actual site that photosynthesis takes place.

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplast

• Xylem

• Phloem

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Which is not a REACTANT needed for producing food in a green plant?

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Water

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This substance in the leaf is responsible for absorbing the sun's energy and also reflects green light waves.

• Cell wall

• Chloroplast

• Chlorophyll

• Nucleus

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What structure of the leaf transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves?

• Cell wall

• Chloroplast

• Phloem

• Xylem