Quiz about Matter and Energy in Ecosystems Review

Question 1

Most producers get energy from the Sun using the process of

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photosynthesis

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cellular respiration

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chemosynthesis

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consumption

Question 2

Decomposers are important to ecosystems because they

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return vital nutrients to the ecosystem

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capture energy from the Sun

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are producers

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can be omnivores

Question 3

What are the products of photosynthesis?

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Glucose and oxygen

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Carbon dioxide and water

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Carbon dioxide and oxygen

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Glucose and water

Question 4

A consumer gets energy by

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feeding on other organisms.

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absorbing sunlight.

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breaking down dead organisms.

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soaking it up from the ground.

Question 5

The cycling of matter is important because

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Only a limited amount of matter is available so it has to be recycled

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Matter can be created and destroyed

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Matter can only be found in a solution

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Bacteria use matter to convert organisms into solar energy

Question 6

Plants, animals, and decomposers (which consume dead things) are in a forest ecosystem. Scientists are studying photosynthesis in the forest. Which group or groups of organisms should they study?

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plants

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all organisms in the forest

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animals and decomposers

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plants and decomposers

Question 7

A jungle ecosystem has plants, animals, and decomposers (which consume dead things). Scientists are interested in studying cellular respiration in the jungle. Which group or groups of organisms should they study?

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all organisms in the jungle

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plants

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animals and decomposers

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animals

Question 8

What are the products of cellular respiration?

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Energy (ATP), Water, and Carbon DIoxide.

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Water and Oxygen

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Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide

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Water and Energy (ATP)

Question 9

Where does cellular respiration take place in the cell?

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Mitochondria

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Cell Membrane

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Nucleus

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Vacuole

Question 10

What kind of things perform cellular respiration?

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All living cells

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plants only

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animals only

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yeast only

Question 11

Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____.

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oxygen, carbon dioxide

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photosynthesis, air

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carbon, oxygen

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oxygen

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a food producer?

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Oak Tree

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Human

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Grizzly Bear

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Orca

Question 13

How is the sun a part of a food chain?

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it is the energy source

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it is eaten

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it feeds animals

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it tastes good

Question 14

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

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snake

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cricket

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grasshopper

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frog

Question 15

What is this called?

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Food Web

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Food Chain

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Abiotic Factors

Question 16

Which is the correct sequence to show how organisms live in an environment?

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producer-->consumer-->decomposer

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decomposer-->consumer-->producer

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consumer-->decomposer-->producer

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producer-->decomposer-->consumer

Question 17

What does an energy pyramid show?

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Energy flow in a community

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Longest lifespans

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The stronger animal the higher it is on the pyramid

Question 18

Water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere

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precipitation

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condensation

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evaporation

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nitrogen fixation

Question 19

the process that changes atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that are usable by living things

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nitrogen fixation

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precipitation

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evaporation

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cellular respiration

Question 20

The process by which a gas changes to a liquid

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condensation

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evaporation

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precipitation

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glycolysis

Question 21

The process of a liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid

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evaporation

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condensation

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precipitation

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nitrogen fixation

Question 22

if there is a fire in a forest, there will be less _ in the environment?

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oxygen

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nitrogen

Question 23

All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle

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True

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False

Question 24

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

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Photosynthesis

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Combustion

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Respiration

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Death

Question 25

Which process converts carbon in the form of sugar into carbon dioxide gas?

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Respiration

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Bioremediation

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Photosynthesis

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Transpiration

Question 26

If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere would _________.

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Increase

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Stay the same

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Decrease

Question 27

Plants use ____________ to make their own food

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All of these

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Water

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Sunlight

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Carbon dioxide

Question 28

Carbon atoms cannot be created or destroyed

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True

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False

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Not enough information to answer

Question 29

Which describes how the atoms in living things cycle?

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repeatedly back and forth through living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem

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through living parts of an ecosystem

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in one direction from living to nonliving parts of the ecosystem

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in one direction from nonliving to living parts of the ecosystem

Question 30

What is the source of carbon atoms in plants cells?

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the environment surrounding the plant

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they were created as the plant grew

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the Sun

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water molecules

Question 31

What happens to food molecules as matter moves through an organism?

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The parts of food molecules are rearranged to make new molecules or release energy.

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The molecules are destroyed.

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New matter is created from chewed up food

Question 32

Which of the following flows through ecosystems in one direction?

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energy

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carbon

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nitrogen

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water

Question 33

Energy cycles through ecosystems because it returns to the Sun.

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False

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True

Question 34

Available energy increases as it is transferred from one organism to another in a food chain.

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False

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True

Question 35

Which of the following would eat a dead rabbit?(Keyword is DEAD)

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decomposer(detritivores)

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herbivore

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omnivore

Question 36

Which of the following would eat a hamburger with lettuce on it?

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omnivore

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carnivore

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herbivore

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detritivore

Question 37

Which of the following would eat only leaves?

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herbivore

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omnivore

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carnivore

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detritivore

Question 38

Which is most likely to be the FIRST step in a basic food chain?

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The Sun emits energy

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The snake obtains energy by eating the mouse

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Plants make energy-rich food using sunlight

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The hawk obtains energy by eating the snake

Question 39

Which of the following organisms would NOT be in the first trophic level of an energy pyramid?

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dog

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tree

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grass

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algae

Question 40

As you move upward, from level to level, in an energy pyramid, available energy _________.

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decreases

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increases

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stays the same at each level

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is destroyed

Question 41

Elements such as oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon cycle through a system once.

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False

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True

Question 42

Nitrogen, as it is found in the atmosphere, can be used by plants and animals.

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false

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true

Question 43

Which of the following does NOT move continuously through ecosystems?

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aluminum

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Water

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nitrogen

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carbon

Question 44

Which of the following is not part of the water cycle?

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nitrogen fixation

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precipitation

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condensation

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evaporation

Question 45

Which of the following steps in the nitrogen cycle takes place after animals eat plants?

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decaying waste returns nitrogen to the soil

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bacteria on plant roots fix nitrogen to make it usable

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plants use nitrogen from the soil

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lightning changes nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds

Question 46

Which of the following is not an example of how bacteria aid in the nitrogen cycle?

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infecting tissue

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nitrogen fixation

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breaking down the tissue of dead organisms

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changing nitrogen compounds to atmospheric nitrogen

Question 47

Phytoplankton are said to release how much oxygen in Earth's atmosphere?

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more than 50%

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between 5% and 10%

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between 15% and 20%

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less than 5%

Question 48

Which process can release carbon to the air and into the soil?

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decomposition

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photosynthesis

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combustion

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cellular respiration

Question 49

Which of the following is NOT a way that carbon is stored in the environment as a fossil fuel?

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water

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coal

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oil

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natural gas

Question 50

Chloroplasts are the location of photosynthesis.

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true

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false

Question 51

Water is a product of cellular respiration

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true

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false

Question 52

Cellular respiration is the process in which organisms break down food to release________.

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energy

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nutrients

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sugar

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oxygen

Question 53

Photosynthesis is the process in which plants use energy from light to produce_______.

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food

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new cells

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organelles

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none of these

Question 54

Carbon dioxide is used by plants for photosynthesis.

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True

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False

Question 55

All organisms contain carbon.

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true

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false

Question 56

Water covers about 70% of the Earth's surface.

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True

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false

Question 57

About 97% of the Earth's water is in the oceans.

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true

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false

Question 58

___________ is a part of proteins, which all organisms need to stay alive

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nitrogen

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carbon

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oxygen

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phosphorus

Question 59

The Earth's atmosphere is mostly

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nitrogen

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carbon

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oxygen

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helium

Question 60

Most of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere comes from

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photosynthesis

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cellular respiration

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space

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