Life Science Common Assessment

Life Science Common Assessment

Assessment

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Biology

5th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS2-3, MS-LS1-6, MS-LS2-4

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Standards-aligned

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Rochelle Hanson

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29 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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What is the role of plants in an ecosystem?
decomposer
producer
consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Oxpeckers are birds that land on zebras and eat ticks that live on the zebra's skin. Ticks are insects that feed on the blood of animals. They can cause infection and spread disease. Select the correct relationship example from the relationship examples listed below.

An oxpecker and a tick are an example of mutualism.

An oxpecker and a tick are an

example of parasitism.

An oxpecker and a tick are an

example of predator-prey.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Oxpeckers are birds that land on zebras and eat ticks that live on the zebra's skin. Ticks are insects that feed on the blood of animals. They can cause infection and spread disease. Select the correct relationship example from the relationship examples listed below.

A zebra and a tick are an example of mutualism.

A zebra and a tick are an example of parasitism.

A zebra and a tick are an example of predator-prey.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Oxpeckers are birds that land on zebras and eat ticks that live on the zebra's skin. Ticks are insects that feed on the blood of animals. They can cause infection and spread disease. Select the correct relationship example from the relationship examples listed below.

A zebra and an oxpecker are an example of mutualism.

A zebra and an oxpecker are an

example of parasitism.

A zebra and an oxpecker are an

example of predator- prey

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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If additional wrens are introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the...

frog population

snake population

falcon population

grasshopper population

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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A partial food web and a table of the changes in the population of squirrels are shown. Select two effects caused by the change in the squirrel population between Years 1 and 4.

The population of foxes will

decrease.

The number of green plants will decrease.

The populations of foxes and owls will increase.

The amount of green plants

rabbits eat will increase.

The populations of grass and green plants will stay the same.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Decomposers are important in the food chain because they.....

produce their own food using light

from the Sun.

stop the flow of energy from one organism to another.

break down dead organisms and

recycle nutrients into the soil.

are microscopic and other

organisms cannot consume them.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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