Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

a model that shows how energy flows in an ecosystem through feeding relationships

• food chain

• food web

• glycolysis

• nitrogen fixation

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a model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected

• food chain

• evaporation

• food web

• nitrogen fixation

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a model that shows the amount of energy available in each link of a food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• evaporation

• condensation

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In a school science project, David and Luna are exploring how plants convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into the food-energy molecule glucose and give off oxygen. What is this series of chemical reactions called?

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In a school science project, Evelyn and Emma are studying a model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected.

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Mason observed that a lion in the wild cannot make its own food and gets energy by eating other organisms.

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In a forest ecosystem, Mason observes an organism that consumes the bodies of dead animals and the wastes produced by living creatures. What type of organism is Mason observing?

Michael is studying a model that shows the amount of energy available in each link of a food chain.

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all the living things and nonliving things in a given area.

Henry is studying a model that shows how energy flows in an ecosystem through feeding relationships.

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