Healthy Habitat
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English
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8th Grade
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Mary Doss
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of "The Key to a Healthy Habitat."
Large herds of spiky sea urchins have been known to destroy whole kelp forests, leaving an underwater wasteland.
The author's word choice in this sentence is used to -
A. imply that water becomes scarce
B. show that an area was completely devastated
C. reveal the quantity fo sea urchins needed
D. suggest delayed growth of kelp
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which detail from paragraph 4 of "The Key to a Healthy Habitat" reveals the author's viewpoint about keystone species that modify their habitats?
A. benefit other species in the ecosystem they share
B. create wetlands with ponds and marshes
C. live underground in large colonies
D. provide shelter for other animals
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which detail should be included in a summary of "How Keystone Species Create Balance" section of "The Key to a Healthy Habitat"?
A. Yellowstone was made into a national park before wolves were removed.
B. Wolves prey on elk, and elk eat grass at Yellowstone.
C. Bison, birds, and small mammals are all part of the Yellowstone ecosystem.
D. Yellowstone is an ecosystem that experienced damage and was restored.
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of "Keystones."
The keystone is the one piece that is critical to the success of the whole structure.
Identify which ideas from "The Key to a Healthy Habitat" support or do not support the author's idea in this sentence.
Supports
Flowers produce nectar.
Supports
Prairie dogs make tunnels.
Does not support.
Trees grow taller.
5.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In "The Key to a Healthy Habitat," the diagram best supports which three ideas from paragraph 3?
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The main point developed in paragraphs 1-3 of "the Key to a Healthy Habitat" is that a keystone species differs from other species because it -
A. belongs in an ecosystem's food web
B. consumes other organisms
C. manages an ecosystem's health
D. increases rapidly in population size
7.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In paragraph 7 of "the Key to a Healthy Habitat," which effects does the author suggest are evidence or are not evidence that the ecosystem is in danger?
Not Evidence
An increase in erosion
Evidence
The loss of plant life
Evidence
Removal of grazing animals
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from paragraph 6 of "The Key to a Healthy Habitat."
Lose a keystone species, and big changes follow.
Which detail from "The Key to a Healthy Habitat" does the author include to show a result of losing a keystone species?
A. Mussels then crowded out other species and destroyed the diversity in the pools.
B. Some animals are keystone species because of how they modify their habitats
C. This occurs when two or more species rely on their relationship to survive
D. A certain animal can be a keystone species in one area but not in another
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Keystones" explains what happens to an arch without a keystone. Which sentence from "The Key to a Healthy Habitat" does its author include to convey a similar message?
A. Paine concluded that sometimes one species can have a greater influence on its environment than other species do.
B. Some animals eat the plans, and various predators eat the animals that eat the plants.
C. However, removal of the wolves led to a huge increase in the populations of animals that survive by grazing on vegetation.
D. Plants regrew, birds and mammals returned, trees began to mature.
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