GR5D: Science Cold Task T1 FINAL

Multiple Choice

An example of interdependence is a plant’s need for carbon dioxide that animals exhale and the food plants provide to the animals.

• True

• False

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make their own food using energy from the Sun.

Multiple Choice

How is a fungus, like a mushroom, different from a plant?

• Fungi can make their own food using sunlight.

• Fungi do not have roots, stems, or leaves.

• Fungi can photosynthesize.

• Fungi are part of the animal kingdom.

Multiple Choice

Animals are __________.

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

Multiple Choice

________________ break down decaying material in an ecosystem.

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

Multiple Choice

Organisms that are eaten by other animals are called _________.

• Herbivores

• Cranivores

• Prey

• Omnivores

Multiple Choice

The amount of water in an ecosystem can be a limiting factor on the number of organisms living in that ecosystem.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture of the hawk and the mouse. What word best describes the hawk?

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Predator

• Prey

Multiple Choice

The job of decomposers is to break down dead plants and animals into useful substances. This job is their __________.

• Adaptation

• Skill

• Habitat

• Niche

Multiple Choice

A __________ eats animals for energy.

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an abiotic factor?

• Rocks

• Air

• Animals

• Water

Multiple Choice

What are biotic factors?

• Non-living components of an ecosystem

• Living organisms in an ecosystem

• Physical conditions like temperature and humidity

• Chemical elements in the environment

Multiple Choice

An example of interdependence is a plant’s need for carbon dioxide that animals exhale and the food plants provide to the animals

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Plants cannot grow too close together because their _________ need to spread out and absorb nutrients from the soil.

• Stems

• Roots

• Xylem

• Petals

Multiple Choice

__________ is the evaporation of water from a plant's leaves.

• Storage

• Water absorption

• Transpiration

• Nutrient evaporation

Multiple Choice

An invasive species can be introduced through human interaction with an ecosystem.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Which of the following materials used by plants to make food can be found in the air?

• Pollen

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Soil

Multiple Choice

Does the evidence in the diagram support or contradict Grace's claim that plants need both air and water to grow?

• Supports the claim

  The evidence shows that all plants need both soil and water for healthy growth.

• Partially supports the claim

  The evidence shows that Plant Y grew without soil, suggesting that water is sufficient for growth.

• Contradicts the claim

  The evidence indicates that plants do not need soil at all.

• Is inconclusive

  The evidence does not provide enough information to determine the necessity of soil.