Ecosystem Restoration Chapter 2 Test

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• argument

• answer

• claim

• data

an organism that breaks down droppings or dead organisms

• decomposer

• composer

• ecologist

• ecology

a scientist who studies ecosystems

• biologist

• geologist

• ecologist

a community of organisms together with its environment

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• evidence

• matter

the ability to make things move or change

• matter

• work

• energy

• model

a diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem

• spider web

• food web

• network

something taken in by plants and animals that helps them grow

• molecule

• nutrient

• energy

What is the name of the process used by plants to produce their own food?

• Mitosis

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Meiosis

The gas in the air that plants use to make their food is called...

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Helium

I anchor the plant in the ground and take water and nutrients from the soil. What am I?

• Stem

• Gravity

• Roots

• Sunlight