Ecosystems

Article: Glacier Mice: Living Arctic Tumbleweeds

What are glacier mice?

• Balls of ice

• Real animals

• Balls of dust and moss

• Pieces of the glacier

Article: Glacier Mice: Living Arctic Tumbleweeds

What do scientists have to define when studying ecosystems?

• The type of weather

• The size of the organisms

• The boundaries of what they’re studying

• The temperature

Article: Glacier Mice: Living Arctic Tumbleweeds

A glacier mouse is not an organism, but there are many _________ living inside it.

Article: Getting Energy in a Coastal Prairie Ecosystem

The coastal prairie ecosystem has many types of producers, but the most common are:

• Trees

• Berries

• Grasses

• Cactus

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Article: Getting Energy in a Coastal Prairie Ecosystem

Grizzly bears also eat:

• Only fish

• Gophers

• Badgers

• Worms

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Article: Getting Energy in a Coastal Prairie Ecosystem

Worms and other ___________ in the soil break down dead matter.

Article: Getting Energy Near a Deep-Sea Vent

Sunlight cannot reach the:

• Forest

• Cave

• Deep ocean

• Beach

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Article: Getting Energy Near a Deep-Sea Vent

These bacteria use the energy from:

• Sunlight

• Sugar

• Hydrogen sulfide

• Rocks

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Article: Getting Energy Near a Deep-Sea Vent

These bacteria use the energy from hydrogen _______ coming out of the vents.

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Article: Getting Energy in a Cave Ecosystem
Most ecosystems are full of energy storage molecules that were produced using:

• Rocks

• Bacteria

• Energy from the sun

• Fire

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