Living Things Change

Plants make their own food through photosynthesis. They are producers. Which of the following things do plants need for photosynthesis?

• shelter

• soil

• sugar

• sunlight

Grass is what type of organism

• producer

• consumer

What type of organism eats plants?

• Producer

• Consumer

Both producers and consumers need energy to live

• True

• False

Four students study how a certain type of plant grows. Sanjay, José, Mei, and Emily grew plants with different amounts of light. They gave their plants the same amount of water. They drew the picture to show their results to the rest of the class. Based on the evidence, whose plant received the most sunlight?

• Sanjay’s plant

• José’s plant

• Mei’s plant

• Emily’s plant

Chang put his plant in sunlight. Emma put her plant in the dark. After 3 weeks, Chang’s plant had green leaves and grew 2 in. Emma’s plant had not grown and its leaves were yellow. What claim tells what happened to Emma’s plant?

• It did not change.

• It grew twice as tall.

• It used energy from sunlight to turn yellow.

• It did not get sunlight, so its leaves turned yellow.

The picture shows a food chain that could be found in a prairie. According to the food chain, which living thing depends directly on plants for energy?

• grass

• grasshopper

• mouse

• owl

Geese migrate during seasonal changes. William draws a picture showing this. Which caption should he choose?

• In the fall, geese migrate to cool places.

• Geese migrate to warm places to find food.

• Geese migrate only in the spring and summer.

• • 
    

    Geese migrate to find warm places to hibernate.

Jenna wants to write a caption for this picture of a hedgehog. Which season is this picture taken?

• Summer months

• Winter months

• Spring months

• Fall months

Study the picture of a tree branch. Based on the picture, which season is it?

• Fall

• Spring

• Summer

• Winter