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7th Grade STEMscopes CA Segment 3 Scope 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |