Module C Ecology & the Environment

What is matter?

• anything - living or nonliving - that has mass and takes up space.

• only living things that have mass and take up space

• only nonliving things that have mass and take up space.

What are the building blocks of matter?

• molecule

• atom

• quark

What is a molecule?

• two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.

• two or more cells held together in a system

• two or more chemical bonds

An organisms that makes its own food.

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

An organisms that eats other organisms.

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

An organisms that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms.

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

The process in which atoms are rearranged to make new substances.

• chemical bond

• chemical equations

• chemical reaction

The process plants use sunlight to break down carbon dioxide and water to make their own food.

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular respiration

• Organic process

A pathway that energy can follow through an ecosystem.

• food chain

• food web

• food pyramid

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6