Organisms and Environments Review

If a disease decreases the coyote population, then:

• ponds may flood.

• crops could be wiped out.

• the number of mice in the area may increase.

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Characteristics that are passed from parents to their offspring are called 

• behaviors

• learned traits

• inherited traits

• functions

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Which of the following organisms goes through metamorphosis, including the stages of egg, larva, pupa, and adult?

• Human beings

• Trees

• Beetles

• Lima beans

How would the ecosystem change if all the mice left?

• There would be more grass

• Fewer grasshoppers would live there

• There would be more grasshoppers

• There would be more owls

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A turtle in a pond ecosystem needs certain things to survive. Which of the following is NOT a basic need for the turtle?

• Food to eat

• Air to breath

• Water to drink

• A tree to climb

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A rabbit is an animal that eats only plants. Which of the following would meet this need for the rabbit?

• A desert

• A beach

• A field full of grass

• Snow

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Which of the following observations is true?

• Both have four stages.

• The frog has six stages and the lady bug has four.

• Both life cycles have a larva stage.

• The frog has five stages and the ladybug has four stages.

Which stage in the life cycle of a ladybug is most like the adult frogs stage?

• eggs

• larva

• pupa

• adult

Which living thing has a life cycle most like that of a lady bug?

• frog

• human

• butterfly

• tomato plant

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Look at the picture of the turtle. How do you think a turtle protects itself from other animals? A turtle _____.

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