What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

They break down dead organic matter.

They use the Sun’s energy to make food.

They convert inorganic matter into organic matter.

How do plants get the carbon dioxide they need for photosynthesis?

Carbon dioxide enters the leaves from the air.

Carbon dioxide enters the roots from the soil.

Carbon dioxide is created from photosynthesis.

Carbon dioxide enters the plan from the Sun.

Why is photosynthesis important to plants?

It produces glucose or sugar, which is needed for growth.

It prevents the buildup of too much water in plants.

It produces the carbon dioxide they need for plant growth.

It breaks down living organisms and recycles them for growth.

Photosynthesis is important to living things because

Oxygen, which all living things need to breathe.

Carbon dioxide, which animals need for

It prevents any of the sun’s energy from being absorbed by animals’ skin.

It prevents carbon dioxide from destroying animals’ habitats.

What benefit do wastes broken down by decomposers provide to grassland soil?

They provide no benefit to soil

What do a snake, a hawk, and a fox have in common?

They all get most of their energy from eating animals.

They all produce their own food.

They all get most of their energy from eating plants.

Look at the sequence below. How can the wolf benefit from plants, even if it never eats plants?

The rabbit eats the plants and the wolf eats the rabbit.

The rabbit eats the wolf and the grass decomposes the rabbit.

The plants make the rabbit run slower.

Hawks, grasses, songbirds, and caterpillars are some organisms found in an ecosystem. Which is the correct order for energy transfer in this ecosystem?

grasses → caterpillars → songbirds → hawks

caterpillars → hawks → grasses → songbirds

hawks → caterpillars → grasses → songbirds

songbirds → grasses → hawks → caterpillars

Which of these would be affected immediately if energy from the sun were stopped?

The chemical reaction that makes ash

Which of the following statements is true about this food web?

Owls get their energy needs from mice and grasshoppers

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Liquid water is moved from living things to the environment when animals–

Eats

Urinates

Sleep

Breathe

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Matter moves directly from plants to animals when plants are eaten by animals. Matter also moves from plants to animals indirectly through–

Sunlight

Heat

Adaptations

Air

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the role of decomposers in the cycling of matter?

Providing a source of food for plants and animals to eat

Using energy from the sun to produce food for plants and animals

Releasing oxygen gas into the atmosphere for animals to breathe

Returning nutrients from dead plants and animals to the soil

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Matter moves directly from plants to animals when plants are eaten by animals. Matter also moves from plants to animals indirectly through–

Sunlight

Heat

Air

Adaptions

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

making it from the sunlight.

breaking down bacteria.

eating small insects.

absorbing it from the soil.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process by which plants make food requires water and which of the following materials?

Nutrients from the soil

Gases in the air

Dead and decaying animals

Minerals found in rocks

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Animals get the energy they need for growth and repair from–

the action of muscles.

avoiding predators.

the food they eat.

protective coloration.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Liquid water is moved from living things to the environment when animals–

Matter moves directly from plants to animals when plants are eaten by animals. Matter also moves from plants to animals indirectly through–

Which of the following best describes the role of decomposers in the cycling of matter?

Matter moves directly from plants to animals when plants are eaten by animals. Matter also moves from plants to animals indirectly through–

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

The process by which plants make food requires water and which of the following materials?

Animals get the energy they need for growth and repair from–

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