Ecosystem Crash Course

The power needed to do work, such as staying alive, is called _____

• food
• energy
• food chains
• pizza

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The flow of energy between living things is often described as _____

• the water cycle
• a food chain
• the carbon cycle
• an ecosystem

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Which animal is often said to be at the "top of the food chain"?

• raccoons
• bugs
• hawks
• humans

A food chain is a model that shows how energy flows between _____

• plants and bugs
• living things
• Earth's spheres
• bears and monsters

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What is the scientific name for the area in which plants and animals live?

• a habitat
• an ecosystem
• a neighborhood
• a food chain

A self-contained collection of different things that all work together as a whole is called _____

• a system
• a habitat
• a food chain
• a neighborhood

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A system of living things and their environment is called _____

• an ecosystem
• a food chain
• a habitat
• a neighborhood

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All of the energy that's in a food chain starts with _____

• decomposers
• plants
• animals
• the sun

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Plants take the energy from the sun's rays and change it into _____

• light
• water
• chemical energy
• plants

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In the example from the video, what was at the top of the food chain?

• the sun
• grass
• a rabbit
• a hawk 

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