Interactions within Ecosystems

The raw materials of photosynthesis are sulfur dioxide and water, and light is the energy source.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Energy moves through a food chain from producers to consumers.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Photosynthesis is responsible for growth in plants.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Consumers are able to make their own food.

• True
• False

Food chains show the connection between several   different food webs in an ecosystem. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Only about 40% of energy that an organism eats is passed on to the next organism in the food chain.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Energy is lost at each level of food chain.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When any part of a food web changes, it affects the flow of energy throughout the web. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Earth’s temperature increases when more carbon enters the atmosphere.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Scavengers eat dead animals, plants and their waste.

• True
• False