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What is a scavenger?

• An organism that eats other organisms and hunts for food.

• An organism that gets eaten by other organisms.

• An organism that eats dead things.

• An organism that breaks down matter.

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What is an herbivore?

• Organisms that eat only plants.

• Organisms that eat only animals/meat.

• Organisms that eat both plants and animals.

What is an omnivore?

• Organisms that eat only plants.

• Organisms that eat only animals/meat.

• Organisms that eat both plants and animals.

What is an carnivore?

• Organisms that eat only plants.

• Organisms that eat only animals/meat.

• Organisms that eat both plants and animals.

What does something have to contain in order to be considered food?

• protein

• protein, fats or carbohydrates

• water

• sugar, protein, milk, and vegetables

Identify 2 consumers in this food web.

• grass, weeds and trees

• grasshoppers and grass

• hawk and snake

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Identify one food chain in this food web.

• grass to rabbit to lion

• lion to deer to tree

• tree to bees to bird to snake to hawk

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Some scientists think that all life evolved from a common ancestor. Which provides evidence that this may be true?

• analogous structures of organisms

• homologous structures of organisms

• extinction of many varieties of plant species

• existence of many varieties of bacteria species

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Which best explains why species living in Australia are found nowhere else on Earth?

• Australia has an ecosystem different from any other area on Earth.

• Humans have genetically altered many Australian species in laboratories.

• Australian species were genetically altered after a comet hit the landmass.

• Australia separated from other continents and species there evolved independently.

Two organisms have homologous structures. Which can most likely be concluded about the two organisms?

• They are unrelated.

• They are the same organism.

• They share a common ancestor.

• They evolved in a similar environment.

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