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A student placed lima beans in a container with water, air, and sunlight. The student noticed that the beans began to sprout after several days. Which two claims can best be supported by this observation?

• The bean seed has enough nutrients inside to start.

• Plants do not necessarily need soil.

• Plants only need sunlight to grow.

• Lima beans are not plants.

• The bean seed did not get enough water.

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Soil contains many nutrients. How do nutrients get into the soil?

• Plants excrete waste through their roots, and this fertilizes the soil.

• Some of the Sun's light changes into minerals and other nutrients.

• Decomposers break down dead plants and animals. They return the nutrients to the soil.

• The only way soil gets nutrients is from fertilizer. People fertilize the soil.

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What enables the flow of matter in an ecosystem to be continuous?

• Organisms eat other organisms in order to survive in an ecosystem.

• Organisms need soil, water, and oxygen to survive in an ecosystem.

• Living things grow, die, and decay, matter returns to the soil, and new living things are made from it.

• Nonliving things grow, die, and decay, matter returns to the soil, and new living things are made from it.

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Analyze the information in the graph.

Jason's class experimented on plants. The results are shown in the table. Which question was Jason's class testing in this experiment?

• Do plants need air to grow?

• Do plants need soil to grow?

• How much water do plants need a week?

• Do plants need sunlight to grow?

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To provide the necessary nutrients in plants, you must use soil.

• True

• False

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What is hydroponics?

• Water-based, growing plants without soil

• Growing in soil

• The process of changing energy from the sun into food

• A pond of water

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