Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

An increase in carbon dioxide in the abiotic matter can be attributed to...

• burying of dead matter

• photosynthesis

• burning of fossil fuels

• cellular respiration

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An increase in one part of the ecosystem means there is a ____________ in another part of the ecosystem.

• increase

• no change

• decrease

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What caused a decrease in the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the biodome?

• a decrease in producers

• a decrease in consumers

• a decrease in dead matter

• a decrease in decomposers

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What was one reason the decomposer population decreased in the biodome?

• dead matter was not buried

• too much live matter

• not enough dead matter

• dead matter was placed in garbage bags and buried six feet

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The process by which plants and other producers use energy from sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose.

• cellular respiration

• mitosis

• metamorphasis

• photosynthesis

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All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area.

• biodome

• biosphere

• ecosystem

• space

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The chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy.

• photosynthesis

• carbonation

• oxygenation

• cellular respiration

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Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem.

• abiotic

• mitosis

• biotic

• photosynthesis

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Matter that make up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem, such as air and water

• abiotic

• biotic

• composer

• energy storage molecules

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Where in the cell does photosynthesis occur?

• mitochondria

• stomata

• xylem

• chloroplast

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