| Question | Answer |
| When you flush a toilet, materials from the toilet flow
through underground pipes to _____________ plant &
the clean water is returned to nearby water sources. | treatment |
| The matter cycle starts when producers take in matter
from the _____, soil, and water. | air |
| _________ travels to
consumers when they eat plants or animals. | matter |
| The matter travels to
_______________ when they eat plants or animals. | consumers |
| _______________ break down organisms wastes or
dead bodies allowing matter to return to the soil for
new plants to use nutrients to grow. | decomposers |
| __________ gets used up as organisms move, digest
food, think, breathe, talk, and more so all organisms need
food to recharge their energy supply. | energy |
| decomposers break down organisms wastes or
dead bodies allowing matter to return to the ______ for
new plants to use nutrients to grow. | soil |
| energy gets used up as organisms move, digest
food, think, breathe, talk, and more so all organisms need
food to ___________ their energy supply. | recharge |
| decomposers break down organisms wastes or
dead bodies allowing matter to return to the soil for
new plants to use ____________ to grow. | nutrients |
| Animals/humans breathe out ________ _________. | carbon dioxide |
| Decomposers cause dead plants to __________ carbon
dioxide into the air. | release |
| Plants and trees ______ carbon
dioxide to make food/grow so it gets stored in plants. | use |
| - Animals take in carbon dioxide when they _____ plants | eat |
| Keep in mind: ____ we breathe has been cycled | air |
| Keep in mind: air we breathe has been __________ | cycled |
| What would happen over time to matter in an
ecosystem if decomposers were removed? ( disussion) | Organisms would not decay and the amount of matter available for organisms would decrease. |
