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What is something you notice on your first time in the Matters and Energy Ecosystem Simulation (examples: how carbon flows, the effects of sunlight, what does decomposition do)?

Answer:

• If there's little to no sunlight, the flow of ESM's slows down.

• Producers preform both cellular respiration and photosynthesis

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How does sunlight (or lack there of) affect the ecosystem?

Required Vocab to include: Plants, animals, producers, consumers, decomposers, carbon, energy storage molecules, photosynthesis

Answer: A lack of sunlight in the ecosystem could lead to a disruption in the food chain because producers rely on sunlight for energy. Therefore, if there were a lack of energy in the food chain, it wouldn't function properly.

Answer Must Include Typed Out Claim (1-2sentences) AND (1 -2) pieces of evidence from the Biodome Files, MEE Simulation, the "Sunlight and Life," or the "What is Carbon Article"

ANSWER: According to the "Sunlight and Life" text, photosynthesis is when producers use energy from sunlight, producers combine the carbon dioxide

molecules with water molecules, changing them

into glucose molecules (or ESM's) and oxygen molecules. This means that if there were to be a lack of carbon in the atmosphere, which there probably was in the biodome, the production of ESM's would decline. Meaning the flow of energy in the ecosystem would decrease. Additionally, the Biodome Files state that they didn't add the right amount of decomposers to the biodome. So the flow of matter and energy wouldn't be as fast as it could've been.

Instructions: Please work with a partner and use the (4) ESM Cards to learn about ESMs and to complete this attached worksheet. After uploading an image of your completed worksheet, please reflect with your partner on the following (2) questions:

1. How/ Where to ESMs first appear in the ecosystem?

2. Do ESMs flow through the ecosystem? Please explain your answer in more detail.

ANSWER:

1. ESM's first appear in the producers of the ecosystem

2. Yes the ESM's flow from the producers to the consumers to the dead matter to the decomposers

Answer Must Include Typed Out Claim (1-2sentences) AND (1 -2) pieces of evidence from the Biodome Files, MEE Simulation, the "A feast for Decomposers" Article

"R": Please copy and paste the most appropriate Key Concepts that Can help you prove your argument.

ANSWER: The cause of the decrease in carbon in the air was a lack of decomposers in the biodome. The Biodome Files state that they added 50% less decomposers than required. Furthermore, the “A feast for Decomposers” says, “Through cellular respiration, decomposers are able to release carbon found in dead matter, making it available for the ecosystem.” My evidence aligns with Key Concept 3: “If one part of the system changes, the rest of the system changes too”. To conclude, because there were no decomposers to release the carbon found in dead matter into the abiotic matter through cellular respiration, the levels of carbon dioxide in the air would decrease.

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I think if we did Jeopardy right before (like one lesson before) we do a RCT or any kind of assessment, kids are probably more likely to remember the content. For example, I still remember lots of stuff from the last jeopardy that would’ve seriously helped me during the RCT for unit 2.