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7th Grade STEMscopes CA Segment 3 Scope 2
Question | Answer |
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Aquatic | Relating to water; living in or near water or taking place in water |
Atom | The smallest particle of an element; made of electrons, protons, and neutrons |
Consumer | An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients |
Decomposers | Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals without need for internal digestion |
Ecosystem | A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them |
Energy | The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system |
Energy Transfer | Movement of energy from one system to another |
Food Web | Overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem |
Matter Cycle | The movement of elements or molecules through a repeated sequence of events |
Nutrients | Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life |
Organism | A self-contained living thing |
Producer | An organism that transforms energy from the Sun and uses carbon dioxide and water to make food |
Terrestrial | On or of Earth |
Trophic Level | The position an organism occupies on the food web |