Matter Cycles Vocabulary Question Preview (ID: 43713)
Unit 3.
TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.
Mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)
a) Decomposer
b) Soil
c) Microbe
d) Interactions
A very small life form, especially a bacterium
a) Decomposer
b) Soil
c) Microbe
d) Interactions
Actions by one thing that have an effect on a different or separate thing
a) Decomposer
b) Soil
c) Microbe
d) Interactions
An organism that consumes dead of nonliving biomass without need for internal digestion
a) Decomposer
b) Soil
c) Microbe
d) Interactions
What gas do plants absorb?
a) Carbon Dioxide
b) Oxygen
c)
d)
This _____________ matter, which is not usable by people, is necessary for plants.
a) pool
b) waste
c) organism
d)
When an organism dies, it's energy is returned to soil by _______________, which are organisms that consume dead or nonliving biomass.
a) energy
b) decomposer
c) primary consumers
d)
Carbon dioxide moves from the atmosphere and into living things as a part of what process?
a) animals eating plants
b) plants decomposing
c) plants producing food
d) animals releasing waste
Liquid water is moved from living things to the environment when animals
a) eat
b) urinate
c) sleep
d) breathe
Matter moves directly from plants to animals plants are eaten by animals. Matter also moves from plants to animals indirectly through
a) Sunlight
b) Heat
c) Adaptations
d) Air
How does the decomposition of a fallen tree contribute to the health of a forest?
a) The smell of decayed matter repels insects and small animals
b) A large, fallen tree can shelter green plants from the sunlight
c) As the tree decays, nutrients cycle to other organisms
d) A fallen tree prevents weathering of rock from occurring.
Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 43713 in the upper right hand corner or click here.
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 43713 in the upper right hand corner or click here.
TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register
Log In | Sign Up / Register