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The diagram below shows a desert food web.
What is C-There will be a decrease in the number of snakes, coyotes, and hawks
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What happens to the solar energy absorbed by plants during photosynthesis?
What is J-It is transformed into chemical energy
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Fruit and vegetable scraps can be put into compost bins. Water is also needed for composting to be effective. With frequent turning, the compost will turn into soil after about three months.
What is C-Decomposers break down the organic matter.
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When energy is passing through a food web, some of the energy is lost. How much of the energy is passed from one level to the next?
What is G-10%
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A student diagrammed a food web of algae, snails, ducks, frogs, and snakes that she observed during a summer trip to her grandparents' farm. What is the correct arrangement of these organisms on an energy pyramid?
What is D,
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A student added grass clippings, fungi, and worms to her school's environmental club compost bin. What is the best way to show the flow of energy among the organisms found in the compost bin?
What is G
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What kind of energy is necessary to initiate the process of photosynthesis?
What is A-Radiant
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Which diagram best represents the process of photosynthesis?
What is F
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The diagram below shows a desert food web. Which organisms represent the producers?
What is A- Cacti and sagebrush
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Michigan's Isle Royale is a small island in the northwestern part of Lake Superior which is home to a few thousand moose and 20-50 wolves. Wildlife scientists have studied the island's food chains for years. During the 1980s, scientists noticed that as the old moose population increased; the number of wolves increased, and as the number of old moose decreased, the number of wolves decreased. What conclusion is best supported by this passage?
What is F- Wolves prey on older moose.
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The annual goal of the Preservation Middle School Environmental Club is to reduce the amount of solid waste it contributes to the landfill by collecting and composting food waste from the school cafeteria. Students then collect humus from the compost bins and add it to the planters in the school courtyard. This composting is an example of —
What is C- cycling of matter
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Mushrooms and bacteria serve an important role in an ecosystem, that of the decomposer. Why are decomposers important to the ecosystem?
What is F-They release stored energy and allow nutrients from dead organisms to be cycled back into the ecosystem.
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Compost bins are containers where items such as food scraps, paper, and yard trimmings are combined with water and air, and are allowed to break down and decompose. This produces a nutrient-rich product that can be used for fertilizer. What happens to the energy from these materials as they decompose?
What is D-Some of the energy is released as heat.
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Essentially, biomass is stored ________ energy that man can convert to electricity, fuel, and heat. Through _________, the energy from the Sun is stored in the plant material.
What is G-Solar; photosynthesis
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You enter the classroom and you see a laboratory procedure, a glass beaker with a blue liquid in it, a pipette, a glass graduated cylinder, a glass petri dish, leaves, and goggles on your laboratory table. Based on the above scenario, what is the first thing you should do prior to beginning the investigation?
What is C-Wait for teacher directions
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A student is performing an investigation using the materials listed below. Which of the following is a safety risk to the eyes and would be a reason for having to wear goggles during the investigation?
What is J-I, II, III, IV
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After observing a compost bin, a student wanted to investigate what microscopic organisms were living in it. What equipment would be needed to view the microscopic animals?
What is C- Microscope, microscope slides, notebook
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A local garden center makes their own compost to fertilize their plants. The owner uses collected rain water in her compost bin. Due to a drought, she would like to know if the type of water used will make a difference for the plants. She asked the local garden club to design and implement an investigation. Which of the following hypotheses best tests the garden club's investigation?
What is H- If tap water is used in a compost bin, then the plants will be negatively affected when fertilized with the compost.
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The process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances.
What is Chemical Reaction
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The smallest particle of an element maintaining the chemical identity of that element.
What is Atom
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A container that holds organic matter while it is decomposed by fungi and bacteria, converting it into soil.
What is Compost Bin
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Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals, without need for internal digestion.
What is Decomposers
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The movement of water through the atmosphere, the ground, bodies of water, and living things; the continuous movement of water above, on, and below Earth’s surface.
What is water cycle
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Shows how much energy transfers to the next trophic level in a food chain
What is Energy Pyramid
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An energy path from one organism to another showing a linked series; feeds on the one prior to it in the series.
What is Food chain
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