Environments and Food Chains

How does the food chain start?

• Plant life uses energy from the sun to make food.

• Insects like grasshoppers eat plant life.

• Animals like rats eat insects.

• Humans eat large animals and plant life.

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What kind of flower would thrive in the desert?

• Shaded flowers that grow big and colorful

• Bowl shaped flowers that collect rain daily

• A thorny, ribbed flower that stores water easily

• A flower that has long roots that need moist soil

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In many marine environments, coastlines have coral reef. Which of the following is not a way the marine environment helps the animals that live there?

• It is a place where small fish can feed on plants.

• Small fish can use it to hide from predators.

• It provides a support for smaller fish that helps bigger fish because they feed off the smaller fish.

• It provides a place for people to swim.

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All organisms need: space, shelter, water, and food to thrive. What would be harmful to the survival of the bird?

• Foxes digging tunnels in the dirt.

• Chipmunks making nests in tree trunks.

• Insects building hills in neighborhood homes.

• Humans destroying forests to build cities.

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What characteristics of a habitat would a platypus thrive in?

Hint: Platypus' need freshwater to thrive!

• Cold, snowy, plains

• mild, forest, rivers, freshwater

• hot, sand dunes

• mild, mountains, oceans, saltwater

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What would most likely happen if the seal was removed from this ecosystem?

• The number of fish would increase.

• The fish would get their energy from the Polar Bears.

• Polar Bears would increase.

• The algae would all perish.

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What would most likely happen to organisms during a drought?

• The plants would grow taller

• More squirrels would come to build nests.

• The amount of organisms would increase.

• The rabbit species will move to find a new water source.

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A local pond has the organisms listed: Snakes, Insects, Plants, Frogs

What would the energy flow be in the pond food chain?

• Sun, frog, insect, plants, snake

• grass, insect, sun, snake, frog

• snake, frog, insect, grass, sun

• sun, grass, insect, frog, snake

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Which statement is true?

• The snake provides energy to the leaf.

• Energy flows from the Mongoose to the Snake.

• The Snake gets its energy from the Chameleon.

• Energy flows from the snake to the Chameleon.

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What would most likely happen to animals during a flood?

• None of the animals would be affected.

• The predators would decrease because they would have more prey to hunt.

• The number of primary consumers would increase because they would move to higher ground.

• The number of animals would decrease because they have to move.

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