Unit 5.9 Review

What is an example of an anole interacting with a living thing in this picture?

• crickets

• sand

• water dish

• rocks

The worms in this compost pile needs a hole in the compost bucket for what reason?

• They need oxygen

• They need carbon dioxide

• They need sunlight

• They need food

All of the following are ways a bird interacts with nonliving parts of the environment except -

• reacting to morning sunlight by singing

• drinking and taking a bath in a puddle of water

• responding to cold temperatures by fluffing itself

• feeding insects to its chicks

Tropical climates have warm temperatures and abundant sunlight all year. What must be available for plants to make their own food all year?

• bacteria

• birds

• shade

• water

Which suggestion involves interactions between 2 groups of living organisms?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which 2 birds do NOT compete for food?

• Purple martin and yellow warbler

• Easter bluebird and purple martin

• Lesser goldfinch and eastern bluebird

• American goldfinch and lesser goldfinch

What role does the prickly pear cactus play in the desert food web.

• obtains energy from producers

• returns nutrients to the soil

• preys upon other organisms

• provides energy to consumers

Which food chain shows one way energy flows in the Big Bend Ecosystem?

• juniper berries --> ornate box turtles --> roadrunners --> rock squirrels

• grasses --> rock squirrels --> roadrunners

• cacti --> ornate box turtles --> turkey vultures

• mesquite beans --> turkey vultures --> roadrunners --> western rattlesnakes

Which type of organism is missing from this food web?

• decomposer

• producer

• predator

• consumer

Which organisms transfer the most energy within the food web?

• Bass, because they are predators

• Copepods, because they support 2 chains in the web

• Crayfish, because they are at the bottom of the web

• Algae, because they are the producers in this web