Plant Cells

How does a plant make its own food?

• It changes chemical ingredients into glucose.

• It changes sunlight into glucose.

• It changes glucose into chemical ingredients.

• It changes glucose into sunlight.

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Read the paragraph from the section "Chemosynthesis."

Autotrophs are eaten by herbivores, organisms that eat plants. Herbivores are the middle trophic level. Carnivores are creatures that eat meat. Omnivores eat all types of organisms. Both carnivores and omnivores are at the highest trophic level.

What does "highest trophic level" refer to?

• organisms that are autotrophs

• organisms that are herbivores

• organisms that do not eat plants

• organisms that eat meat

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What materials does a plant need to make its own food?

• oxygen and soil

• soil and sunlight

• sunlight and carbon dioxide

• carbon dioxide and oxygen

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Read the sentence from the introduction [paragraphs 1-2].

"Autotrophs are called producers because they produce their food."

What does the author mean by "produce"?

• eat

• find

• give

• make

How does energy move in a food chain?

• Energy doesn't move in a food chain.

• Energy moves from herbivores to autotrophs

• Energy moves from autotrophs to carnivores.

• Energy moves from carnivores to herbivores.

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What do Image 3 and the text in the section “Photosynthesis” show?

• the reasons why bacteria cannot do photosynthesis

• the sugars that plants make after photosynthesis

• the ingredients that are necessary for photosynthesis

• the ways photosynthesis is different from chemosynthesis

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How does energy from the sun become energy for animals?

• Energy from the sun shines on all animals and plants.

• Sunlight energizes animals by causing them to move faster.

• Energy from the sun gives animals enough energy to eat plants.

• Sunlight provides energy to autotrophs, who are eaten by animals.

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How does this image from the article help the reader understand autotrophs better?

• It shows an example of an autotroph that does not make its own food.

• It shows an example of an autotroph that also gets food other ways.

• It shows an example of an autotroph that does not need the sun for energy.

• It shows an example of an autotroph that is a one-celled organism.

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