How Can We Predict Changes in Ecosystems?

Which of the following BEST describes an ecosystem?

• A complex system that includes living things, living together, as well as the nonliving components of their environment.

• Living organisms using nonliving compenents to survive.

• A group of living and nonliving things.

• Consumers eating producers.

What does a tree need to live and grow? Check all that apply

• Water

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Sunlight

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The source of energy for all ecosystems is​ ​ ​ (a)  

• the sun.
• water
• water.
• plants.
• bacteria.

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Use the food web to match each consumer with it's source of energy and matter.

• Carrot

• Bird

• Mouse

• Rabbit

• Grass

• Owl

• bird

• Fox

• Grain

• Grasshopper

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What does bromothymol blue (BTB) detect?

• energy

• matter

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

Match the following

• make their own food.

• Producers

• take in oxygen

• Consumers

• cannot make their own food.

• Animals

Air is

• energy

• matter

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Sunlight is

• energy

• matter

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Water is

• energy

• matter

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Bromothymol blue will be ​ (a)   if little or no carbon dioxide is detected. It will be ​ (b)   if carbon dioxide is detected.

• blue
• yellow

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