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What is the main thing that sunlight provides for Plants?
Energy
When aquatic plants take in carbon dioxide, what do they produce for the other living things under the water?
Oxygen.
When Plants are provided the energy they need, what are they able to take in as matter?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
What was the one change in the pond that made it impossible for the plants to get energy?
The duckwheat covering the pond, which blocked the sunlight?
At the bottom of all food webs, we see ______ who make their own food.
Producers
Why is it so important for the fish that the plants get sunlight?
Without the sunlight, the plants will not produce oxygen. Without oxygen the fish can not breath.
We as humans are _____ because we need to consume our food for energy.
Consumers
What are the roles of decomposers in an Ecosystem?
They break down dead animal and plant matter that turns into nutrients for the ecosystem.
The organism at the top of the food web is a ____ ______ because this organism gets energy from all parts of the food web.
Apex Predator
What did our experiment including the BTB solution, box, and lamp prove to us?
That without sunlight, plants will not get the energy they need to take in carbon dioxide.