sunlight and life, what is carbon?, where do chloroplasts come from? Flashcards

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what is the middle of the lake called when you dive down?

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the dead zone

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what can make esm for an ecosystem?

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only producers(such as plants)

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what goes in and out with photosynthesis?

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producers take in carbon dioxide molecules from air and water. it gets combined with water molecules changing them in glucose and oxygen molecules.

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where does the process of photosynthesis take place?

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in tiny cells called chloroplasts.

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5
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why in the north pole there is sun for 24 hours during the summer?

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bc the earth tilts in the orbit around the sun.

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photosynthesis what comes in what comes out?

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water and carbon into oxygen and glucose.

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why do they plan reproductoin?

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bc their offspring are born ast the right time for plants and food.

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what happens when the animals digest the plants?

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they use carbon in glucose to make other esm like fat

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what r reefs made from?

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millions of lil tiny animals called coral polyps

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what can live in a reef?

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fish, sea stars, urchins, shrimp, sponges, crabs, sharks and more.

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how far can they be made upto?

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2300 kilometers(1429 miles)

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12
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what r inside of tiny polyps?

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smaller algae made of one cell

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what are esm made from?

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photosynthesis

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what keeps the ecosystem(coral) goin?

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sharks and other large fish pray on the smaller fish that eat the coral

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what happens if the water gets muddy?

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the whole ecosystem can be thretaned

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16
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what is a canopy?

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the leaves and the branches that cover the sky

17
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how much and what happens with the lack of sunlight?

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2% penetrates to the floor and it wouldnt be able to support that much life

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what happens if a tree falls?

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it lets more sun into the ecosystem