5th Grade Life Science STAAR Review

rabbits, caterpillars, deer, wolves, owls, grasshoppers, and humans are all...

• decomposers

• consumers

• carnivores

• producers

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Which is a producer? (a)  

• Oak tree
• snake
• mushroom
• owl

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What is it called when a plant makes its own food? 

• producing
• photosynthesis
• herbivore 
• photoproducing

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What does a plant need to make its own food?

• sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
• sunlight, water, soil
• sunlight, water, oxygen
• sunlight, oxygen, carbon dioxide

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What do the arrows show in a food web? (a)  

• What animal eats what
• Transfer of energy
• Predator and prey relationships
• Transfer of food

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How do carnivores get their energy if they don't eat plants?

• It's a trick question, they do eat plants
• From the sun and water
• From the animals they eat that do eat plans
• From decomposers

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True or false, this is an example of a food web (a)  

• True
• False

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What do all food chains and food webs start with?

• primary consumers
• producers
• secondary consumers
• tertiary consumers

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Which are examples of producers? (a)  

• grass, leaves, algae
• the sun
• crickets, spiders, beetles
• mushrooms, fungi

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What breaks down dead organisms? 

• predators
• decomposers
• consumers
• scavengers