Energy Flow and Cycles of Matter

Can you identify all stages of the water cycle indicated on this diagram?

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A producer is.....

• An animal that eats its food

• An organism, plant, etc. that makes its own food.

• A flower that eats other organisms in the environment.

• A non living thing.

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What happens to the energy in an Energy Pyramid as you go from producers to consumers? (Bottom to top)

• No energy is available in an energy pyramid.

• The energy stays the same

• The energy decreases as you go up the energy pyramid

• The energy increases as you go up the energy pyramid.

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The Law of Conservation of Energy states that....

• Energy cannot be created nor destroyed

• Energy can be taken away

• Energy can be created

• Energy only exist in certain ecosystems

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Which best describes the Carbon Cycle?

• the process in which carbon moves from the atmosphere, to the oceans, living organisms, and soil.

• The process in which carbon is being circulated throughout space.

• The process in which carbon is being cycled throughout the soil of the environment.

• The process in which carbon is moving on the periodic table of elements.

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What is a food chain?

• A link of non-living factors in the environment.

• A producer and decomposer only

• Multiple food chains linked together

• a group of organism that are consumed in linear order. Passing nutrients and energy along the way.

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Which best describes the Nitrogen Cycle?

• The element nitrogen is only found of the periodic table of elements.

• the process in which nitrogen is being destroyed in the atmosphere.

• The process in which nitrogen is being decomposed.

• the process in which nitrogen moves from the atmosphere to the earth, to the soils, and back to the atmosphere

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What do we call an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

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Which of these shows the most detailed and realistic way that energy flows from organism to organism in an ecosystem?

• Food chain

• Food web

• Energy pyramid

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Can energy ever be created or destroyed?

• Yes

• No

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