Matter Cycling in Ecosystems: 5th grade science NGSS 5.3

Plants use the following to produce plant matter needed for growth (select ALL that apply):

• air

• water

• soil

• energy from sunlight

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TRUE or FALSE? Plants get the materials (matter) they need for growth chiefly (mostly) from air and water.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Plants grown in soil use soil mostly for _______.

• obtaining nutrients

• growth

• photosynthesis

• nothing

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Plants can be grown in water, TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE: Plants grown in water need liquid nutrients added frequently though.

• FALSE: All plants need soil. Plants rely on soil for growth.

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Examples of MATTER a plant needs to take in so it can grow (select ALL that apply):

• sunlight

• air

• nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K)--also known as "nutrients"

• water

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Examples of ENERGY plants need to take in so they can grow (select ALL that apply):

• sunlight

• air

• nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K)--also known as "nutrients"

• water

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IMAGINE this: you are on an outpost on Mars, and the pressurized greenhouse that is supplying your food (plants) and oxygen springs a leak. Its precious contents are exposed to the harsh vacuum of space. Could the plants (your food) survive in a vacuum (no gases), in other words, without oxygen?

• Yes, plants can survive as long as they have sunlight, water, and nutrients.

• No, plants cannot survive without oxygen.

• Is this a trick question? :)

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Air plants and water lilies serve as perfect examples that ________.

• Plants cannot grow without the sun.

• Plants acquire their material for growth mainly from air and water.

• Plants need to grow in soil to grow strong and healthy.

• Plants grow best indoors.

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What does a food chain, or cycle, show? (Careful. Select ALL that apply.)

• What animal (or living thing) eats what

• The cycle of one living thing growing from an egg to a child to an adult species.

• How matter is transferred from one living organism to another through food

• How energy is transferred from one living organism to another through food

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Which of the following terms can be represented in a food chain? (select ALL that apply)

• Producers

• Predators and Herbivores

• Decomposers

• Composers

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