Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

What is the source of all the energy in an ecosystem?

• air

• grass

• sun

• water

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In a food chain, When a rabbit eats hay, the hay is the rabbits source of _____.

• energy

• water

• sunlight

• carbon dioxide

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In a food web, the ORIGINAL source of energy comes from the ______.

• grass

• animals

• sun

• water

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What is energy?

• to affect one another

• a diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem

• the ability to make things move or change

• A living thing, such as a plant or animal

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True or false: Animals use some food molecules to release energy for movement and growth

• true

• false

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What type of organisms in an ecosystem make the energy storage molecules necessary for the ecosystem’s survival?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• decomposers

Answer explanation

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Which of the following do plants need in order to perform photosynthesis? Check ALL possible answers.

• Energy from sunlight

• Oxygen molecules

• Carbon dioxide molecules

• Water moles

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What are the products of photosynthesis? Check ALL of the possible products.

• Water molecules

• Oxygen molecules

• Glucose (energy storage molecules)

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What type of organisms in an ecosystem perform photosynthesis?

• Primary consumers

• Secondary consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

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In plants, the process of photosynthesis takes part in what tiny cell part?

• nucleus

• ribosomes

• cytoplasm

• chloroplasts

Answer explanation

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