Category 3: Living Systems and Ecosystems SOL Check 10

Which of the following best describes a difference between the beetle and grasshopper life cycles?

• Only the grasshopper lays eggs.

• The grasshopper looks about the same throughout its life cycle.

• Grasshoppers live longer than beetles.

• Both insects have the same life cycle stages.

Instructions: Select all the ways a hurricane might affect an island ecosystem.

• ☐ Uproots trees and destroys animal shelters
  

• ☐ Warms up the ocean and helps coral grow
  

• ☐ Floods freshwater areas with salty seawater
  

• ☐ Gives animals more food
  

• ☐ Forces animals to move or migrate

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Based on their roles in this food web, how many herbivores are present?

This should NOT include omnivores!

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

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Which organisms acts as a producer by providing energy to all organisms in the food web.

• baby fish

• whales

• phytoplankton

• invertebrates

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Which gas is given off by plants?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

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Which part of the plant produces food through photosynthesis?

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Classify each organism based on its niche in this food chain.

Groups:

(a) Decomposer

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(b) Producer

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(c) Consumer

• bird

• mushrooms

• snake

• osprey

• grasshopper

• cattails

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If the mice were to disappear from this food-web, what might be a possible change to this ecosystem?

• The owl population would increase.

• The grass (plant) would die.

• The owl population would have to rely on another food source

• The grasshopper population would decrease.

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During pollination, a pollinator such as the butterfly would transport pollen from the ​ (a)   to the​ (b)   .

• sepal
• stem
• petal
• stamen
• pistil
• flower

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During photosynthesis​ (a)   ​energy from the sun is changed into ​ (b)   energy. The plants takes in sunlight, water, and ​ (c)   . As a result, the plant lets out glucose and ​ (d)   .

• light
• chemical
• carbon dioxide
• oxygen
• sound
• electrical

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