Ecosystems and Matter Cycle Mystery Science day 5

What is the role of cycle in the context of living things and the environment?

• A cycle is a type of gas that animals use to breathe.
• A cycle is a living thing that produces its own food, like plants do.
• A cycle is a living thing that eats other living things.
• A cycle is a set of events that repeats in the same order over and over.

What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

• A living thing that produces its own food, like plants do.
• A living thing that can break down dead living things.
• A living thing that eats other living things.
• A living thing that makes its own food.

What is carbon dioxide?

• Carbon dioxide is a type of gas that animals use to breathe.
• Carbon dioxide is a living thing that eats other living things.
• Carbon dioxide is a living thing that produces its own food, like plants do.
• Carbon dioxide is a type of gas that plants sometimes take in and that animals release when they breathe.

What is an ecosystem?

• All the living things that interact with each other and their environment in one place.
• A type of gas that animals use to breathe.
• A living thing that eats other living things.
• A living thing that produces its own food, like plants do.

What is a nutrient in an ecosystem?

• A substance that living things need to grow and stay healthy.
• A living thing that eats other living things.
• A living thing that makes its own food.
• A living thing that produces its own food, like plants do.

What is a decomposer in an ecosystem?

• A living thing that produces its own food, like plants do.
• A living thing that eats other living things.
• A living thing that can break down dead living things.
• A living thing that makes its own food.

What is the role of bacteria in an ecosystem?

• Bacteria is a substance that living things need to grow.
• Bacteria is a type of gas that animals use to breathe.
• Bacteria is a living thing that can break down dead living things.
• Bacteria is a living thing that produces its own food.

What is an organism in an ecosystem?

• An organism is a living thing that eats other living things.
• An organism is a living thing that can break down dead living things.
• An organism is any living thing.
• An organism is a living thing that produces its own food, like plants do.

What is a producer in an ecosystem?

• A producer is a living thing that eats other living things.
• A producer is a living thing that can break down dead living things.
• A producer is a living thing that makes its own food.
• A producer is a living thing that is a decomposer and has spores, such as a mold or mushroom.

What is matter in an ecosystem?

• Matter is a living thing that produces its own food, like plants do.
• Matter is a living thing that eats other living things.
• Matter is a type of gas that animals use to breathe.
• Matter is anything that takes up space; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, or gas.