Conner 8th Grade STAAR Review #1

The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism

• water cycle
• environment
• photosynthesis
• respiration

all of the interacting members of the same species in an area 

• overpopulation
• community
• population
• environment

an inherited characteristic that provides a specific advantage to individuals that have it and becomes more common or pronounced in a population because of the advantage it providese

• migration
• adaptation
• impact
• interact

An organism that consumes dead or nonliving biomass without need for internal digestion

• Scavenger
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Producer

A fire destroys all of the trees and plants in the forest. How might this affect the birds in the area?

• The birds will plant seeds and grow new trees.

• The birds will have more food to eat.

• The birds will plant seeds and grow new trees.

• The birds will have no place to build their homes.

When a population thrives, it means that-

• the number of organisms is decreasing.

• it is growing strong and reproducing.

• the number of organisms is increasing.

• the number of organisms stays the same.

When changes to an environment happen, animals-

• move.

• perish.

• adapt.

• all of the above

How might cutting down the trees in a rainforest

environment affect the animals that live there?

• All of the animals that live there will perish rapidly.

• Animals will move to new areas to meet

  their needs.

• The animals will make their homes

  under ground.

• Animals that eat tree leaves

  will become carnivores.

• Soil
• Sunlight
• Water
• Oxygen

When change occurs, organisms will:

• only adapt.
• adapt, migrate, or die.
• migrate or die.