Science Review 4

Based on the Properties of Aquatic Organisms table, which organism is a producer?

• Grass Shrimp

• Phytoplankton

• Water Snail

• Zooplankton

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An organism is a producer because it--

• lives in the water

• gets its energy from another consumer

• makes its own food

• eats organic material

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What do producrs need to make their own food?

• heat, carbon dioxide, and water

• sunlight, oxygen, and water

• heat, carbon dioxide, and oxygen

• sunligh, carbon dioxide, and water

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In food chains and food webs, organisms ae classified as porducers, consumers, and decomposers. Which organisms are consumers?

• catepillar, snake, owl

• Only the leaves

• earthworms and fungus

• catepillar, snake, owl, and leaves

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Which animal gains energy from another animal?

• mushrooms

• grass

• a cow

• a wolf

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Which organism uses energy gained from dead plant and animal matter?

• mushrooms

• grass

• a cow

• a wolf

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What were the environmental conditions that existed when these fossil were formed?

• The area was sandy and dry.

• The area was cold and windy.

• The area was covered by water.

• The area was covered with rocks.

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One of the following fossils was found in an area that was covered with many thick trees long ago. According to the infomration in the table, which fossil could this be?

• water strider

• beetle

• scorpion

• small shell

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Which adaptations do both plants use to survive with very little water?

• leaves, spines on large pads

• spines on large pads

• leaves

• waxy coating, roots spread out from plant

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The class read that there was a drought in South DAkota in 2012 and 2013. What pattern could the students identify using the data they gathered?

• The corn grew the same size roots during each of the years.

• The corn grew longer roots during a drought to be able to gather move water.

• The corn grew shorter roots during a drought to be able to gather more water.

• The corn grew taller above groundduring a drought to be able to gather more water.

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