Energy Flow and Cycles of Matter

A producer is.....

• An animal that eats its food

• An organism, plant, etc. that makes its own food.

• A flower that eats other organisms in the environment.

• A non living thing.

A consumer is....

• A type of flower

• A non living factor

• An organism that hunts, kills, gathers, its own food. Incapable of producing its own.

• A dragon

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A Decomposer is....

• An organism that breaks down dead factors in the enivornment

• Eats the food that is giving to them

• An organism that produces its own food.

• A plant.

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What is a food chain?

• A link of non-living factors in the environment.

• A producer and decomposer only

• Multiple food chains linked together

• a group of organism that are consumed in linear order. Passing nutrients and energy along the way.

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What is a food web?

• A system of interconnected food chains.

• One single food chain

• A link of producers only

• Are smaller than food chains.

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What happens to the energy in an Energy Pyramid as you go from producers to consumers? (Bottom to top)

• No energy is available in an energy pyramid.

• The energy stays the same

• The energy decreases as you go up the energy pyramid

• The energy increases as you go up the energy pyramid.

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The Law of Conservation of Mass states that...

• Mass can be destroyed and created if an object has energy

• Mass is created

• Mass is destroyed

• Mass cannot be created nor destroyed.

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The Law of Conservation of Energy states that....

• Energy cannot be created nor destroyed

• Energy can be taken away

• Energy can be created

• Energy only exist in certain ecosystems

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What three processes are involved in the Water Cycle?

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Decomposing

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Law of Conservation of Mass

• Water Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Cycle

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Which best describes the Nitrogen Cycle?

• The element nitrogen is only found of the periodic table of elements.

• the process in which nitrogen is being destroyed in the atmosphere.

• The process in which nitrogen is being decomposed.

• the process in which nitrogen moves from the atmosphere to the earth, to the soils, and back to the atmosphere

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