Ecosystems

What are the products of photosynthesis?

• Carbon dioxide and water

• Carbon dioxide and oxygen

• Glucose and oxygen

• Glucose and water

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Which process REMOVES carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Death and decomposition

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Identify the pigment that captures the energy of sunlight.

• chlorophyll

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• sugar

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Part of the equation for photosynthesis is shown. A substance cycled throughout an ecosystem and released during cellular respiration is missing. What substance belongs in place of the question mark?

• Carbon

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen dioxide

• Hydrogen

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What gas do leaves absorb during the day?

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

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In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the MOST energy available to them?

• Producers

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Top Predator

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During photosynthesis, plants produce a food called ______.

• ATP

• glucose (sugar)

• oxygen

• chlorophyll

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Which activity does NOT release carbon into the atmosphere?

• dead organisms decompose

• fossil fuels burn during combustion

• water cools and condenses to form clouds

• humans exhale during respiration

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• The Questors will compete with Wood Plaxers for food.

• The questors will be forced to fly to a new habitat.

• Both species pf birds will become extinct.

• The species will be able to coexist without any competition.

Answer explanation

Small seeds are different from large berries, and there are many flying insects for the Questor to eat allowing the Wood Plaxor to eat the beetles.

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To break down dead and dying organisms, returning stored elements back to earth is the role of___

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• predators