Energy and Food Chains

What is Ecology?

• The study of matter and energy

• A branch of science that studies organisms and the environment

• The study of the physical world

• A branch of science that geological features of a planet and its processes.

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What is one non-living thing that this butterfly and flower don't interact with in the picture?

• Soil

• Rock

• Temperature

• Water

• Light

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Heat always flows from warm to

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Energy cannot be created or ___________, but can be transferred between systems and surroundings.

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All energy for our planet comes from the________

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Which is not a reason why animals need to eat?

• grow

• repair

• move

• stay cold

• reproduce

This is a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member

• Food Chain

• Matter

• Energy

• Ecosystem

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The amount of available energy ___________

as you move up the food chain.

• increases

• decreases

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Will there be more grasshoppers or more birds in this field?

• grasshoppers

• birds

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Which two are switched?

• cycles and change

• flow and balance

• web and levels

• balance and change

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