L 6.3: Energy & Matter in Ecosystems

T/F: Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The ability to do work...

• matter

• combustion

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Producers get their energy from...

• consumers

• sun

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Producers get matter from...

• consumers

• sun

• surroundings

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Consumers get energy and matter by...

• drinking water

• absorbing the sun's energy and conducting photosynthesis

• eating other organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

T/F: The law of conservation of energy states that energy can be created or destroyed. Energy cannot change forms.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The law of conservation of mass states that mass ______________ be created or destroyed. Matter moves through the environment in different forms.

• can

• cannot

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Energy enters most ecosystems as _______________ , which some producers use to make food.

• CO₂

• H₂O

• sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The largest amount of energy is located at the ______________ of the energy pyramid.

• top

• middle

• bottom

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

As energy moves up the energy pyramid, some of it is _________ by organisms as they go through life processes like breathing, eating and moving and it is released into the environment.

• lost

• transferred into heat