Developing a Model to Describe the Movement of Matter Among Plants, Animals, Decomposers, and the Environment

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

• ecosystem

• biodome

• playground

• park

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Death

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Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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A food _______ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

• chain

• web

• pyramid

• plate

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How is Nitrogen removed from the air and put into compound that living things can use?

• plants

• photosynthesis

• chemosynthesis

• nitrogen fixing bacteria

What happens to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels?

• carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise

• carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere fall

• carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere stay the same

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Which of the following take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?

• plant and animal respiration

• volcanoes

• combustion of fossil fuels

• photosynthesis

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Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle

• The Carbon cycle

• The Nitrogen cycle

• The Phosphorus cycle

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What is this a picture of?

• Nitrogen cycle

• carbon cycle

• water cycle

• plant cycle