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Lesson 59 of 84 ยท Electricity

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The Rainforest Ecosystem (Part 2)

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Electricity.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

โšก The twist

Energy never disappears โ€” it just hides somewhere else.

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Mind = Blown

โšก Static electricity is the same physics as lightning, just smaller.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: which will move faster, and why?

What You'll Learn

Organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other. Producers make food, consumers eat other organisms, and decomposers break down dead material to recycle nutrients.

Key Words

  • pollination
  • photosynthesis
  • vertebrate

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Read the introduction and identify the main idea of this lesson.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Create a detailed food web for a local ecosystem. Include at least 8 organisms and use arrows to show energy flow from producers to top predators.

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Look for patterns in your observations.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Make a graph or chart showing your results.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is the role of fungi in an ecosystem?

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Where you see this in real life

This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

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For the dinner table

โ€œShow me something at home that uses this kind of energy.โ€

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