ET Energy & Matter Recycling 12/13/24

Matter can by _____________ over and over again, and energy is needed for recycling matter. ___________ is not recycled, but it is converted from one form to another.

• destroyed,  matter
• recycled, energy
• destroyed, energy

During ____________, _____________ convert light energy into the chemical energy in sugar molecules. 

• chemosynthesis, consumers
• chemosynthesis, producers
• photosynthesis, producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Some sugar molecules are broken down as _________ for the plant. Other sugar molecules as used as part of other molecules that become part of the plant's ________.

• matter, leaves
• energy, leaves
• energy, body

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How can energy be transferred from one organism to another?

• The energy stored in the molecules of one organism is transferred to another organism.
• The matter stored in the molecules of one organism is transferred to another organism.
• The photosynthesis stored in the molecules of one organism is transferred to another organism.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Cycle of matter

• An organism that makes complex, energy-containing biomolecules from simple inorganic molecules using energy captured from light or inorganic chemical compounds

• Something on or of Earth

• The continuous movement of different types of matter, such as water, phosphorous, nitrogen, and carbon, through different parts of the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere

• The movement and exchange of living and nonliving matter back into the production of living matter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

"One way matter is cycled through both the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem is - "

• A snake consumes a mouse.

• Oxygen is released into the atmosphere.

• Decomposers break down carbon from once living things and return it to the nutrients of the soil for plants to use.

• Scavengers break down carbon from once living things and return it to the nutrients of the soil for plants to use.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3