Ch. 8: Changes in an Ecosystem

A cycle is...

• part of a bike or motorcycle

• a regular pattern of change like the seasons

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Choose all statements that are true:

• Seasons are one of earth's cycles.

• Seasons are regular divisions of the year.

• There are 4 seasons, and many parts of the earth have temperature changes as the seasons change.

• Some areas of the earth only experience 2 seasons, which have a big changed in precipitation: the wet season and the dry season.

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True or False: Monsoons are winds that change direction with the seasons. Monsoons often control the wet and dry seasons in some areas.

• True

• False

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True or False: Carbon is a substance needed by all living things.

• True

• False

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What are the 3 main parts of the carbon cycle?

• photosynthesis

• animal respiration

• transpiration

• decomposition

• condensation

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What is the process of plants using water, carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to form sugar molecules and oxygen. (aka how plants make food for themselves)

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Decomposition

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Respiration is the process in which organisms use sugar molecules and oxygen to produce energy

• True

• False

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Respiration produces carbon dioxide and water.

• True

• False

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Respiration only occurs in plants.

• True

• False

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What part of the carbon cycle takes place when bacteria, fungi, and other decomposers break down the bodies of dead things?

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• decomposition

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