Investigation: Suppose you accidentally introduce a small plant-eating beetle into your self-contained ecosystem. At the end of the three weeks of your experiment, you might notice that the beetle has grown a little bit. Where would the increase in mass of the beetle come from?

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Investigation: Suppose you accidentally introduce a small plant-eating beetle into your self-contained ecosystem. At the end of the three weeks of your experiment, you might notice that the beetle has grown a little bit. Where would the increase in mass of the beetle come from?

 
 
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