Life Science Common Assessment

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Biology
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5th Grade
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Medium
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Rochelle Hanson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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
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
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
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
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
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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