Organisms and Environments

Choose the statement that is correct:

• Producers and consumers are both dependent on other organisms for food.

• Producers can produce their own food but consumers are dependent on other organisms for food.

• Producers are dependent on other organisms for food but consumers can make their own food.

• Both producers and consumers can produce their own food.

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Photosynthesis is the process producers use to make food. Which of these things are necessary for this process?

• CO²

• water

• sunlight

• all of the above

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Using only the information in the food web diagram above, the snake is considered a/an

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

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Using only the information I the food web diagram above the owl is a/an

• consumer and carnivore

• consumer and omnivore

• producer and carnivore

• none of the above

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Using only the information in the food web diagram above, choose the star that is NOT true if all the grasshoppers die due to disease.

• The mouse population will decrease.

• The owls will start eating leaves.

• The frog population will decrease.

• The snakes would have to eat more mice.

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If the rabbits disappeared from the prairie what will happen to the grass?

• The grass would die because there would be no more rabbits to eat the grass.

• The foxes would start eating grass because there are no more rabbits for them to eat.

• The mountain lions would start eating grass because there are no more rabbits.

• The amount of grass will increase because there are no more rabbits to eat the grass.

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If the rabbits disappeared from the prairie what would happen to the foxes?

• The number of foxes would increase because they would start eating grass and become herbivores.

• The number of foxes would decrease because they would starve because there are no more rabbits.

• The number of foxes would stay the same because they would become herbivores and eat grass.

• The number of foxes would not be affected in any way if the rabbits disappeared from the prairie.

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All the rabbits have disappeared from the prairie. What will happen to the mountain lions?

• The mountain lions will increase because they will start eating grass, therefore becoming herbivores.

• The amount of mountain lions will stay the same because they are not going to be affected by the rabbits disappearance.

• The number of mountain lions will decrease because all the foxes will die from starvation.

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Which behaviors are inherited traits?

• Wolf pack teaching pups to hunt

• Tying your shoes

• height

• Attached earlobes

• Baby crying

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Which behaviors are learned behaviors?

• Tying your shoes

• Attached earlobes

• Wolf pack teaching pups to hunt.

• Baby walking

• Height