Matter and Energy in Ecosystems Review

Consumers that get their energy from breaking down nonliving organic matter

• decomposers

• carnivores

• detritivores

• herbivores

Phosphorus does not cycle through the ___.

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

This element cycles through the hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere, and is a key component of proteins and genetic material in living things.

• carbon

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

the feeding level of an organism

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• trophic level

the rate at which producers convert radiant energy of the sun to chemical energy of glucose

• gross primary productivity

• net primary productivity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

(radiant energy --> chemical energy) - cellular respiration

• gross primary productivity

• net primary productivity

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

the process by which plants convert radiant energy from the sun into a carbon-rich form of chemical energy called glucose

• cellular respiration

• fast carbon cycle

• photosynthesis

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

herbivores would also be

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Our atmosphere is primarily ___.

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon

• phosphorus

Which is more complicated?

• food chain

• food web

• Mrs. Cowan's tests

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2