category 4 quiz

Example of a consumer

• worm
• bacteria
• mushroom
• hawk

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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The parts of an ecosystem that are currently living or that have once lived.

• Biotic Factor
• Abiotic Factor
• Species
• Biome

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Many science words can be easily broken down to find their true meaning.  Look at the PREFIX below and match it to its meaning.
BIO

• Home
• Life
• Not
• Without

Many science words can be easily broken down to find their true meaning.  Look at the PREFIX below and match it to its meaning.
A

• Not/Without
• Life
• Home
• Abode

Fish dying when the pH goes too high are an example of: 

• an abiotic factor limiting an abiotic factor.
• an abiotic factor limiting a biotic factor.
• a biotic factor limiting an abiotic factor.
• a biotic factor limiting a biotic factor.

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• F
• G
• H
• J

A foreign insect is introduced into the Texas. It eats a lot of leaves, and trees start to become leafless. Many different animals feed on the new insect, but even they cannot control its numbers. Eventually, trees begin to die. Why would a rapid increase of the new insect population cause certain species of herbivores to vanish or be fewer in number?

• They would not have enough to eat. 
• They would not have enough space to live.
• They would not have tree bark to eat.

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Scientists are concerned about overfishing of shark populations. Sharks feed on rays and rays feed on scallops. Without sharks, rays consume all the scallop beds. This situation demonstrates that: 

• humans can improve an ecosystem by removing predators.
• humans can upset an ecosystem by removing species.
• reducing the shark population increases the quantity of scallops that can be taken.
• sharks are not important for the stability of the ecosystem.

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What is one way humans are trying to positively impact the ocean?

• Fishing

• Creating artificial reefs

• Harvesting oil and natural gas

• Transporting goods in ocean vessels

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