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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Some beetles break down the remains of dead animals. Some mushrooms break down the remains of dead trees. How do these actions most benefit plants?
By returning nutrients to the soil
By releasing oxygen into the air
By making space for new animals
By decreasing the population of herbivores
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
In fall and winter many trees lose their leaves in response to cooler temperatures and ----
a decrease in average wind speed
fewer hours of daylight
an increase in humidity
more direct sunlight
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NGSS.MS-LS1-5
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
A prickly pear cactus is shown. The roots of the prickly pear cactus spread out in a wide underground network. How does this type of root system benefit a prickly pear cactus?
By producing fruit and storing water
By capturing sunlight and getting rid of waste materials
By absorbing water and supporting the plant in loose, sandy soil.
By releasing nutrients into the sandy soil and taking in oxygen
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Some facts about birds called Cattle Egrets are listed below. Which of these facts best describes how these birds depends on other animals to survive?
Fact 1
Fact 2
Fact 3
Fact 4
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
The table lists ways that four organisms obtain energy. Which organism obtains energy without depending on another organism?
Oak tree
Mushroom
Cottontail Rabbit
Mountain Lion
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
A student observes the following activities while walking in a park. Which of these living organisms was interacting with another living organism in the environment?
Fire ant
Blue jay
Bee
Hawk
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Many gardeners use red worms like the ones shown in the photograph to turn vegetable and fruit scraps into topsoil for plants. The gardeners build a worm farm in a large container lined in old newspapers and filled with moist garden soil. The worms eat about half their body weight daily in produce waste that can be used as plant fertilizer. The container for a warm farm needs to have a lid, but the lid must be left partially open because worms require which of the following in order to survive?
Oxygen
Sunlight
Carbon dioxide
All of these
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS1-5
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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