FCPS 5th Grade: Ocean Ecosystem

Organisms, like seaweed, that make food through the process of photosynthesis

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• omnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organism, like fish, that get energy from eating other organisms.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms, like bacteria and worms, that feed on and break down dead organisms.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An ecosystem could BEST be describes as...

• a group of the same organisms- like a school of fish

• an group of living organisms- like fish and seaweed

• the interaction of living and nonliving things- like fish, seaweed, air, and water

• a living organism- like one fish

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

SELECT ALL of the statements that describe plankton

• very tiny organisms that float at the surface of the water

• they are incapable of swimming against the current

• an important food source to consumers

• they are decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

SELECT ALL answers that are TRUE about a food web

• a food web is the same as a food chain

• a food web is made up of lots of interconnected food chains

• a food web is a diagram that shows all of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem

• a food web shows how the path of energy moves through an ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which BEST describes an ocean?

• freshwater systems

• saltwater system that covers about 70% of the Earth's surface

• mixed or brackish water systems

• saltwater system that covers 5% of the Earth's surface

The BORDER of the continent below the water and slopes gradually away from the shore

• continental shelf

• continental slope

• continental rise

• abyssal plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the STEEP SLOPE down to the ocean floor

• continental shelf

• continental slope

• continental rise

• abyssal plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The transitional area where the continent ends and the ocean floor begins.

• continental shelf

• continental slope

• continental rise

• abyssal plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3