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Trace matter and energy through food webs and ecosystem cycles

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Trace matter and energy through food webs and ecosystem cycles — free printable High School Science worksheet

Students in Grades 9–12 use this worksheet to trace matter and energy as they move through food webs and ecosystem cycles, connecting producers, consumers, and decomposers in a coherent flow. Teachers can assign it during an ecosystems unit to help students visualize energy transfer and nutrient cycling at a system level. It supports Life Science standards requiring students to analyze interdependence within and among ecosystems.

Learning objectives

  • Trace the flow of energy from producers through successive consumer levels
  • Explain how matter is recycled through biogeochemical cycles in an ecosystem
  • Analyze the role of decomposers in returning nutrients to the ecosystem

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  2. Print at home or in class for High School; it's no-prep, with no extra materials needed.
  3. Use the included answer key to mark it in seconds.

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