Amplify Matter Energy Ecosystems

Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

• sunlight
• stream
• rock
• tree

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Most producers get energy from the Sun using the process of

• cellular respiration
• chemosynthesis
• photosynthesis
• consumption

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Decomposers are important to ecosystems because they

• return vital nutrients to the ecosystem
• capture energy from the Sun
• are producers
• can be omnivores

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What are the products of photosynthesis?

• Carbon dioxide and water
• Carbon dioxide and oxygen
• Glucose and oxygen
• Glucose and water

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A consumer gets energy by

• absorbing sunlight.
• breaking down dead organisms.
• soaking it up from the ground.
• feeding on other organisms.

Plants, animals, and decomposers (which consume dead things) are in a forest ecosystem. Scientists are studying photosynthesis in the forest. Which group or groups of organisms should they study?

• all organisms in the forest

• animals and decomposers

• plants and decomposers

• plants

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A closed ecosystem made by humans

• biopic

• earth

• biodome

• space

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Matter that make up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem, such as air and water

• biotic

• abiotic

• ESM

• Consumer

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What three things are needed for photosynthesis to take place?

• Water, Oxygen, & Sunlight

• Water, Carbon Dioxide, & Oxygen

• Carbon, Oxygen, & Sunlight

• Carbon Dioxide, Water, & Sunlight

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Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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