Living Systems Investigation 1

Students did a survey determining only animals has energy and plants don't. It was said that animals move on their own. Which 2 statement do you agree with?

• Animals get their energy for plants

• The sun stores energy for the plants

• Energy is evidence that movement is present

• Energy is not given to animals, they get food from plants

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Which food chain is in the correct order?

• mayfly, snail,

  fish, heron

• algae, heron,

  snail, frog

• snails, algae,

  frog, heron

• algae, mayfly,

  fish, hero

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Place the statements in the correct category to add labels on how matter flow through the ecosystem.

• In the ecosystem bacteria waste is recycled

  Bacteria is nutrients for shrimp

  The sun is energy for algae

• Bacteria is nutrients for shrimp

  The sun is energy for algae

  In the ecosystem bacteria waste is recycled

• The sun is energy for algae

  In the ecosystem bacteria waste is recycled

  Bacteria is nutrients for shrimp

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Tarantulas are large spiders that come out at night looking for food, live in the desert, carnivores, and needs energy to move. Which statement is true?

• Tarantulas eat plan-eating insects and gets energy from the sun.

• Tarantulas don't eat plants and don't get energy from the sun

• Tarantulas gets enough sun as it rises and uses energy from the sun.

• Tarantulas don't use energy from the sun because the don't eat when the sun is out.

Show how matte is moved among producers, consumers, and decomposers.

• grass

  chipmunks

  bear

  bacteria

• chipmunk

  grass

  bacteria

  bear

• bacteria

  bear

  chipmunks

  grass

• bear

  bacteria

  grass

  chipmunk

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Humans get energy it needs to repair itself through what chain?

• human, milk,

  grass, cow,

  sun

• sun, cow,

  milk, grass,

  human

• human, sun,

  grass, cow,

  milk

• Sun, grass,

  cow, milk,

  human

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Human depend on Sun for energy by

• minerals in the body makes energy for humans from the sun

• food making factories make food for humans, energy from solar

• food sources that human uses come from the sun

• sunlight and energy is absorb by humans in order to live

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If the population of frogs increase, the organism that would decrease would probably be

• snakes

• snails

• owls

• grass

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Which 2 statement is true about decomposition?

• plants break down dead organism for nutritional needs

• dead organisms are broken down because organisms like fungi helps decomposition

• nutrient for plants break down organic material from decomposers

• wolves are decomposers, they eat other animals

• consumers get energy from decomposed material

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What organisms are producers?

• bear

  bacteria

• blueberries

  grass

• chipmunks

  earthworms

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