3rd Nine Weeks Benchmark Review

The place where a plant or an animal lives that includes living and nonliving things is called a _____________.

• habitat

• desert

• planet

• river

Which is an example of how humans can change the ecosystem?

• Geese migrate south in the winter.

• Someone opens a new business in Thomasville.

• Someone breaks off the branch of a tree.

• Someone starts a fire in a forest, which destroys the habitats of many living things. these living things must find new places to live.

Which one is the best example of how all living and nonliving things in an ecosystem interact?

• A hurricane causes a flood.

• A forest fire burns down a forest.

• Beavers cut down trees to build a dam on a stream, and birds and insects that live in the trees lose their homes.

• Sharks eat fish in the ocean.

A living thing’s habitat should give it everything it needs to survive. For example, a pond has the water, food, and oxygen that a fish needs to survive.

• True

• False

What animal would most likely live in the Piedmont region of Georgia?

• Whale

• Penguin

• Raccoon

• Crab

What adaptation helps animals blend in with their environment?

• Migration

• Reproduction

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

What adaptation helps animals survive the cold weather by travelling south?

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Reproduction

• Camouflage

What adaptation helps animals and plants create their young (baby animals and plants)?

• Reproduction

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

What adaptation helps animals survive cold weather without traveling south for the winter?

• Migration

• Reproduction

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

Which of these Georgia regions is NOT part of the Appalachian Mountain range?

• Valley and Ridge

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Coastal Plains

• Appalachian Plateau