Question

Use the model to show how carbon cycles through an ecosystem. Starting with "A grasshopper molts its exoskeleton, " put the remaining events in the correct order from top to bottom.

1. A grasshopper molts its exoskeleton.
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Drag and drop the correct choice into the blank spaces above

Answer 1

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1. A grasshopper molts its exoskeleton.

2. Decomposers break down the exoskeleton, releasing carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.
3. Grasshopper consumes plants and ingests carbon.
4. Carbon from the grasshopper is released back into the atmosphere through respiration.
5. Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.
6. Grasshopper dies and decomposes, returning carbon to the soil.