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TEKS 7.5 B Demonstrate and explain the cycling of matter within living systems such as the decay of biomass in a
compost bin,
Part 1: Review
1. Dominic says that water, H:0, is an organic compound because living things need it. Why is Dominic wrong?
2. Inthis unit, we talk about how matter cycles. in your own words, what does it mean to say that matter cycles?
Part 2: Carbon Cycle
Instructions: Use the diagram of the carbon cycle below to answer the questions.
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Organic Compeunds
Proteinosis |
Organ Compounds
3. Describe how the element carbon first enters a food web or food chain?
4, When an herbivore, like a cow, eats a producer, like grass, it consumes many different organic compounds
inside the plant. What is one organic compound found inside plants that is also a product of photosynthesis?
Name of compound: Chemical formula of compound: __
5. When organisms digest and break down organic compounds, some carbon is breathed out as carbon dioxide
{CO,). According to the diagram, what is the name of this process?
6. When organisms die, the organic compounds in their ces, tissues, and organs are broken down by organisms.
‘What name is given to organisms that break down and recycle organic matter and give two examples.
Name Example 1: ___ Example