Keystone and Invasive species

Keystone and Invasive species

5th Grade

15 Qs

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Keystone and Invasive species

Keystone and Invasive species

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

5th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5

+7

Standards-aligned

Created by

Aaron Condor

Used 15+ times

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a keystone species?

A species that is critical to the survival of other species in an ecosystem

A species that is unimportant in an ecosystem

A species that is only found in marine ecosystems

A species that is not formally recognized by scientists

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is biodiversity?

The variety of living species on Earth

The process of overgrazing in grasslands

The interaction between predators and prey

The creation of wetlands by ecosystem engineers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is a keystone species?

A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together

A species that lives in or around rocks

Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology

A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals
Herbivore
Omnivore
Autotroph
Heterotroph 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why do we sometimes use a food pyramid to illustrate feeding relationships?
To change things up a bit
Pyramids show you need a lot more producers than consumers
To show you need more consumers than decomposers
Pyramids are neat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is an invasive species?

A species that does not belong in a certain ecosystem

A species that is becoming extinct

A species that keeps an ecosystem balanced

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Two or more species that engage in mutually beneficial interactions.

mutualists

engineers

invasives

predators

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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