Matter Cycles and Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle

• The Carbon cycle

• The Nitrogen cycle

• The Phosphorus cycle

What is this a picture of?

• Nitrogen cycle

• carbon cycle

• water cycle

• plant cycle

Which of the following puts an enormous amount of carbon in the atmosphere?

• photosynthesis

• burning fossil fuels

• cellular respiration

• decomposition

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Which of the following methods is how primary producers obtain energy?

• Use the sun to produce energy rich compounds

• Produce CO2 through cellular respiration

• Break down chemicals to produce energy rich compounds

• Consuming other organisms

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Using the diagram, which of the following describes how energy moves through the food chain?

• between producers and consumers, in either direction

• consumers --> producers; in one direction

• producers --> consumers; in one direction

• producers --> consumers; in a cycle

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True or False: In an ecosystem, energy is recycled and nutrients/matter flow in one direction

• True

• False: energy flows in one direction and nutrients/matter recycle

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Which choice has a group of only producers?

• red wolf, coyote, grey wolf

• sunflower, grass, pine tree

• mushrooms and worms

• seaweed, algae, mushrooms

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What is a food chain?

• necklace.

• Jewelry made of food.

• path showing how energy moves from one living thing to another.

• life cycle.

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What do the arrows represent in a food chain?

• Stop

• Start

• "Gives energy to"

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The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket

• grasshopper

• frog

• snake

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