Critical Juncture
Some trees are taking in carbon from the air around them. Are the trees in sunlight? What is happening to the number of energy storage molecules in the trees?
The trees . . .
are in sunlight, and the number of energy storage molecules in the trees is increasing.
Living matter
What is biotic?
The place where photosynthesis in producers takes place.
What is the cholorplast?
Fill in the blank. If one part of a system changes, this affects the ________of the system.
What is rest?
True or False: The total amount of carbon in an ecosystem increases and decreases?
False - Carbon is recycled or transformed never created or destroyed.
Parrotfish live in the ocean and eat plantlike organisms called algae. Sunlight is shining on the fish and the algae.
Is carbon moving into the living things, moving out of the living things, or both?
Carbon is moving into and out of the living things, at the same time
Nonliving matter
What is abiotic?
The place where cellular respiration takes place.
What is the mitochondrion?
When there is ________ carbon available in the form of carbon dioxide, more carbon is available to _______ for making ESMs.
What is more and producers?
This is one way humans release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
What is burning fossil fuels?
Algae are plantlike organisms that live in the water. These algae have been in sunlight for several hours now. What can the algae do because they are in sunlight? What does this mean for the number of energy storage molecules in the algae?
The algae can . . .
take in carbon from the air. The carbon is used to make energy storage molecules.
Decomposer
What is break down dead matter for ESMs?
The control center of the cell...holds the DNA.
What is the nucleus?
When there is ________sunlight producers _________ make as many energy storage molecules.
What is less and cannot?
The process by which carbon moves between living things, the atmosphere, oceans, and the Earth.
What is the carbon cycle?
Bonnie has an aquarium filled with water, plants, and fish that eat those plants. It is sealed so no material can get in or out, but the glass sides allow light to get in. The aquarium can also be covered to prevent light from entering.
The amount of carbon in the water started out low. Now, the amount of carbon in the water is increasing. Is the aquarium now in light or is it covered? What is happening to the number of energy storage molecules in the living things?
The aquarium is covered (so it's dark), and there are fewer energy storage molecules in the living things.
Photosynthesis
What is the chemical reaction in which carbon from carbon dioxide is transformed into carbon in glucose using energy from sunlight.
The place where proteins are made.
What are the ribosomes?
As organisms release energy during cellular respiration, _________ is produced from the carbon in _______________.
What is carbon dioxide and ESMs?
True or False: Matter is recycled and energy is not recycled (it flows in one direction).
What is true?
A scientist built a model ecosystem that contains air, plants, and animals that eat those plants. The model ecosystem is sealed so no material can get in or out, but the glass sides allow light in when the scientist switches the light on. When the scientist switches the light off, the model ecosystem is in the dark.
The number of energy storage molecules in the plants and animals inside the model ecosystem started out high. Then the number of energy storage molecules began to decrease. Was the decrease because the light was switched on or because it was switched off? What happened to the amount of carbon dioxide in the air?
The scientist switched the light off, and there is more carbon dioxide in the air.
Matter/Carbon
Controls what enters and leaves the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
If the amount of carbon _______ in abiotic matter, then it also decreased in _________ matter.
What is increased and biotic?
Carbon is consider matter for these two reasons.
What is it takes up space and has mass?