Ecosystems Pre-assessment

What is carbon dioxide?

• A gas found in the atmosphere that plants absorb to create glucose during photosynthesis.

• A type of sugar; the main source of plant food for growth.

• An element, material, or substance that has mass and takes up space. In an ecosystem, biotic and abiotic matter are recycled over and over.

• A green cell found in plants that absorbs light to make glucose during photosynthesis.

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What is chloroplast?

• The process plants use to make glucose using sunlight, air, and water.

• Radiation from the Sun that is needed for organisms to survive and grow.

• A green cell found in plants that absorbs light to make glucose during photosynthesis.

• A tiny opening on plant leaves through which air enters.

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What is glucose?

• A gas found in the atmosphere that plants absorb to create glucose during photosynthesis.

• An element, material, or substance that has mass and takes up space. In an ecosystem, biotic and abiotic matter are recycled over and over.

• A type of sugar; the main source of plant food for growth.

• A green cell found in plants that absorbs light to make glucose during photosynthesis.

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What is matter?

• A tiny opening on plant leaves through which air enters.

• A gas found in the atmosphere that plants absorb to create glucose during photosynthesis.

• An element, material, or substance that has mass and takes up space. In an ecosystem, biotic and abiotic matter are recycled over and over.

• Radiation from the Sun that is needed for organisms to survive and grow.

What is photosynthesis?

• The process plants use to make glucose using sunlight, air, and water.

• A green cell found in plants that absorbs light to make glucose during photosynthesis.

• An element, material, or substance that has mass and takes up space. In an ecosystem, biotic and abiotic matter are recycled over and over.

• A tiny opening on plant leaves through which air enters.

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What is solar energy?

• The process plants use to make glucose using sunlight, air, and water.

• Radiation from the Sun that is needed for organisms to survive and grow.

• A gas found in the atmosphere that plants absorb to create glucose during photosynthesis.

• An element, material, or substance that has mass and takes up space. In an ecosystem, biotic and abiotic matter are recycled over and over.

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What is stomata?

• A green cell found in plants that absorbs light to make glucose during photosynthesis.

• A type of sugar; the main source of plant food for growth.

• The process plants use to make glucose using sunlight, air, and water.

• A tiny opening on plant leaves through which air enters.

What is a carnivore?

• An animal that eats only plants.

• An animal that eats other animals.

• An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• An organism that consumes, or eats, a plant or animal for energy.

What is a consumer?

• An organism that consumes, or eats, a plant or animal for energy.

• An animal that eats other animals.

• An organism that breaks down dead plants or animals and returns nutrients to the soil.

• A plant that creates energy through photosynthesis.

What is a decomposer?

• An organism that consumes, or eats, a plant or animal for energy.

• An organism that breaks down dead plants or animals and returns nutrients to the soil.

• A plant that creates energy through photosynthesis.

• An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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