Energy Transfer

When a snake eats a mouse, energy from the mouse is ________________ to the snake, which will help the snake grow.

• repair

• transferred

• energy

• grow

• move

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The diagram shows a transfer of energy in the ecosystem.

_____ ---> plants ---> animals

What belongs on the blank in the first box of the diagram?

• bacteria

• soil

• sun

• water

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You might see plants lean toward the windows because:

• They need sunlight to survive and will try to turn back toward the Sun

• They need water to survive and will try to move closer to a water source

• They need nutrients to survive and will try to move closer to a nutrient source

• They need carbon dioxide to survive and will try to move closer to a carbon dioxide source

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Energy for all living things originally comes...

• From plants

• From the Sun

• From carbon dioxide

• From water

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In addition to sunlight, what do plants need to make their own food?

• nutrients and oxygen

• water and oxygen

• nutrients and carbon dioxide

• water and carbon dioxide

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When plants undergo photosynthesis, what do they make so that they can live and grow?

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Sugar

• Water

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What is a waste product of photosynthesis (the chemical process in which plants make their own food)?

• Water

• Sugar

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

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How do animals gain energy?

• By absorbing sunlight

• By eating plants and/or other animals

• By ONLY eating other animals

• By ONLY eating plants

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The _______________ used by plants and animals was originally from the Sun.

• repair

• transferred

• energy

• grow

• move

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Plants get the food they use for energy and growth by-

• making it from the sunlight

• absorbing it from the soil

• eating small insects

• breaking down bacteria

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