Living Links (Reach for Reading)

In a food chain, each living thing __________ its energy to the living thing that eats it.

• absorbs

• evaporates

• directs

• transfers

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

In one basic food chain, each part (the cactus, the bat, and the owl) are all considered parts or--

• items

• levels

• ticks

• links

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Through the process of photosynthesis, plants take in energy from the sun and __________ it into food.

• demonstrate

• store

• funnels

• transform

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following examples can be classified as a "producer?"

• A coyote

• A wasp

• A cactus

• An eagle

True or False: Consumers can make their own food.

• True

• False

True of False: Plants are referred to as "energy storage lockers" because all their energy is locked up in their stems and leaves forever.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Which IS NOT an example of a desert carnivore?

• Eagle

• Snake

• Rabbit

• Bobcat

True or False: Only Herbivores and Omnivores are consumers. Carnivores are not.

• True

• False

True or False: When a plant or animal dies, the energy in its body immediately goes away.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Bacteria and fungi help break down dead plants and animals which return nutrients to the soil. These are types of--

• Decomposers

• Omnivores

• Producers

• Photosynthesis