Energy Transfer

What do the arrows in the food chain below show?

Sun → grass → grasshopper → toad → snake → hawk

• Which organisms are related

• How sizes of the organisms change

• The direction the energy moves in a food chain

• The direction the food moves in a food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants are different from animals because...

• Plants don't have to consume other organisms to get energy

• Plants get their energy from dead things in the soil

• Some plants hibernate through winter because energy is harder to get

• Plants do not need energy to live, grow, and heal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Define growth.

• Increase in size, abundance, or complexity

• What is needed to do something or cause change

• To make the body well again

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is needed to do something or cause change?

• Energy

• Repair

• Growth

What can a human consume to gain energy?

• Plants or animals

• Only fruits and vegetables

• Only plants

• Only animals

"To make the body well again."

• Growth

• Energy

• Repair

What do both plants and animals use energy to do?

• Run from predators

• Grow

• Push roots through the soil

• Search for prey

All the energy that is passed up the food chain started out as...

• Food

• Sunlight

• Warmth

• Lightning

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Energy from the sun, or _____, travels through space to be absorbed by producers in order for them to create food.

• energy transformation

• solar energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In order for children to grow up healthily, they must have _____ to fight off illnesses.

• energy

• play time