Ecosystems Review

Which of the following is a characteristic that all mammals share?

• they all lay eggs

• they all have a pouch

• they all have hair

• they all live on land

What is the scientific word for putting things into groups in an organized way?

• classifying

• grouping

• shuffling

• sorting

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What are the five groups of vertebrates?  

• mammals, bugs, spiders, fish, and birds

• snakes, turtles, frogs, bugs, birds

• mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians

• worms, insects, spiders, jellyfish, sponges

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Mammals are cold blooded.

• true

• false

Fish are _______ blooded.

• cold blooded

• warm blooded

What am I?

I live part of my life in water and part on land.  I am born with gills but grow lungs.  I am cold-blooded.  I have moist smooth skin.  

• fish

• amphibian

• bird

• mammal

Sponges are _______________.

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

The role of plants in a food web is ____________.

• consumer

• predator

• decomposer

• producer

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How do animals depend on plants for survival?

• Animals help spread seeds of plants for new growth.

• Plants and animals need sunlight to survive

• Animals are producers in a food web

• Animals eat plants and other animals that eat plants for food

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Cutting down trees will _________________.

• have very little effect on the living things in the ecosystem

• only affect animals that live in the trees of the ecosystem

• affect most of the plants and animals in the ecosystem

• only affect animals that live in ecosystem

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