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True or False: Energy flows in an ecosystem
True
True or False: Matter is recycled in an ecosystem.
True
Plants are supplied with which gas to begin photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
What is the name of the sugar produced in photosynthesis?
Glucose
What are the three ingredients needed for photosynthesis?
Water, Sunlight and Carbon Dioxide
What begins a food chain?
Plants (I will also accept the sun)
A bunny will only eat plants. What type of a consumer is (s)he?
herbivore
A bobcat eats a bunny and the bunny ate plants. Which has the most energy, the bobcat, bunny or plant?
Plant
A bobcat only eats bunnies, snakes, and squirrels. What type of a consumer is he?
Carnivore
A bear will eat both berries and salmon. What type of consumer is he?
Omnivore
Something that has to eat other animals/plants to stay alive is a consumer. What are plants called?
producers
Give one example of where we can find carbon in an ecosystem.
Carbon dioxide gas, leaves, and anything living
What do we call the bacteria, worms, and mushrooms that break down the last bits of energy in an ecosystem?
Decomposers
Where do we find decomposers in a food chain?
anywhere along the way (not the beginning or the end)
What is the name for an animal that eats the "leftovers" of other animals?
Scavengers
Are nutrients (carbon, oxygen, nitrogen) limited in an ecosystem?
Yes
