Matter Makes It All Up

Which of these answers below do not fit in the category of "nonliving"?

• rock

• air

• grass

• water

True or False?

A bird can be made up of trillions of atoms and molecules.

• True

• False

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What are TWO parts of an animal's body that never stop growing?

• arms

• blood

• eyes

• skin

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True or false?

Animals use all of the matter they eat to help their bodies grow.

• True

• False

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What happens to some of the matter that animal's eat, but don't need?

• It stays in their bodies.

• It gets absorbed into their organs.

• It turns into waste (droppings).

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True or false?

An ecologist can study an animal's stomach to investigate what it eats.

• True

• False

Put the following terms into the correct order for the Everglades Swamp Food Chain.

• Sun

• Great Blue Heron

• Grass Carp

• American Alligator

• Bladderwort Plant

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True or false?

According to the Everglades Swamp Food Web, grass carp eat four different kinds of organisms.

• True

• False

Which animal is the only predator of a marsh rabbit?

• raccoon

• alligator

• blue heron

• frog

Which TWO organisms do raccoons eat in the Everglades Swamp Food Web?

• frog

• mosquito

• rabbit

• grass carp

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