Generation Genius- Food Webs: Cycling of Matter and Flow of Energy (Genius Challenge)

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____________________________ is the chemical process plants go through in order to make their own food.

Plants are called __________________ because they make their own food.

One food chain in an ecosystem might be grass, a mouse, a snake and a hawk. Which one is the producer?

• Grass
• Mouse
• Snake
• Hawk

____________________________ are organisms that break down dead matter in an ecosystem.

In order to create energy, the chemical process of _______________________________ occurs when we take in food.

An _____________________________________________ consumer is the consumer at the top of a food chain.

Explain why there would be many more plants in an ecosystem than apex consumers.

In the process of _________________________________ carbon dioxide combines with water and sunlight to make sugar and release oxygen.

____________________________________ is a chemical process within cells where sugar and oxygen react to form carbon dioxide and water resulting in the release of energy.