U4: L1 The Flow of Energy Drives the Cycling of Matter

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What is a Decomposer?

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Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms, returning raw materials to the environment.

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What do all living parts of an ecosystem depend on one another for?

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Food, energy, and the cycling of matter.

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What organisms are at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

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Producers.

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Where do crickets get their energy?

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From cattails.

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What does it mean that energy cannot be created or destroyed?

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Energy can only be transformed from one form to another, but the total amount of energy remains constant.

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What is a Producer?

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Organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a Consumer?

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Organisms that obtain energy by eating other organisms.

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What is an Energy Pyramid?

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A graphical representation showing the flow of energy at different trophic levels in an ecosystem.

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What is the role of a Scavenger?

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Organisms that consume dead animals and help in the decomposition process.

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What is the cycling of matter?

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The process by which elements and compounds move through the biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.