Energy and Matter in Ecosystems · Life Science

The Web of Life

Modeling the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do decomposers act as the clean up crew of an ecosystem?
  2. 2What would happen if one level of a food web was suddenly removed?
  3. 3How does a carbon atom travel from the air into a predator?

Common Core State Standards

5-LS2-1
Grade: 5th Grade
Subject: Science
Unit: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems
Period: Life Science

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