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Unit 4: Matter and energy in ecosystems

500 possible mastery points

About this unit

In this unit, you'll learn all about the way populations grow, the limits to their growth, and the way energy and matter move in ecosystems. You'll also explore the carbon cycle, a crucial process that keeps our planet in balance.

This town ain't big enough for the two of us: what happens when organisms compete over limited resources?
Level up on the above skills and collect up to 160 Mastery points
Level up on the above skills and collect up to 160 Mastery points
Carbon in the soil, carbon in the sea, carbon in you and me: it's all a cycle of give and take!
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