Ecology - Part 1

True or False: Herbivores eat both plants and animals.

• False: Scavengers

• True

• False: Omnivores

• False: Carnivores

A group of individulas of the same species living in the same place at the same time is called a(n) __________.

• ecosystem

• population

• species

• organism

Plants use energy from the sun to produce oxygen and ___________.

• carbon dioxide

• chloroplasts

• glucose (sugar)

• water

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True or False. To carry out photosynthesis, algae and plants use the abiotic factors sunlight, carbon dioxide, and bacteria.

• True

• False: oxygen

• False: soil

• False: water

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Energy from glucose is released in the process of ___________.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• interphase

• ATP

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The products of respiration are _________.

• sugar and carbon dioxide

• carbon dioxide and water

• carbon dioxide, water, and energy

• sugar, oxygen, and energy

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Carbon dioxide enters the leaf trhough small openings called __________.

• mitochondria

• stomata

• chloroplasts

• roots

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Chloroplasts contain a pigment called ____________, which captures the energy in light.

• glucose

• chlorophyll

• ATP

• mitochondria

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How does photosynthesis benefit heterotrophs?

• It creates clean water.

• It adds carbon dioxide to the air.

• It creates food that they can eat.

• It filters the air.

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True or False: 6CO₂ + C₆H₁₂O₆ --> 6H₂O + O₂ is the formula for photosynthesis.

• True

• False:

  6C + H₂O --> O₂ + C₆H₁₂O₆

• False:

  6CO₂ + 6H₂O --> 6O₂ + C₆H₁₂O₆

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