year review

The color of this rose is

• a learned behavior

• an inherited trait

The beak on this bird is adapted for

• cracking hard shells of seeds open

• breaking mussels off of rocks

• tearing animal flesh

• sipping nectar from wide, tube shaped flowers

What are the three stages of incomplete metamorphosis?

• egg, larva, pupa, adult

• egg, larva, adult

• egg, larva, nymph

• egg, nymph, adult

The role of this organism is to provide energy for other organisms in the environment by using sunlight to create it's own sugar from water and carbon dioxide.

• decomposer

• carnivore

• herbivore

• producer

• consumer

The role of this organism is to break down dead organisms, releasing nutrients back into the environment.

• decomposer

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

• consumer

An environment has producers with skinny, waxy leaves and long, shallow roots. Some of the producers have leaves that have been modified into sharp spines. There are many nocturnal consumers here, some with large ears and sharp claws. Another consumer in this environment licks dew off of surfaces each morning before the sun rises in order to obtain water. What type of environment is this?

• arctic

• dessert

• sea

• deciduous forest

Which organisms would gain their energy and nutrients directly from producers?

• butterflies, woodpeckers, cardinals, coyotes, elk

• butterflies, spiders, possums, raccoons, wolves

• butterflies, cardinals, rabbits, white tailed deer, elk

• butterflies, woodpeckers, rabbits, white tailed deer, wolves

Which statement about the life cycle is false?

• This is complete metamorphosis.

• The young beetles live in a different environment than the adults and consume different things.

• The young beetles live in the same environment than the adults and consume the same things.

• The young beetles look nothing like the adult beetles.

A magnet could be used to separate all but which mixture?

• iron filings and sugar

• aluminum cans and copper cups

• steel paper clips and aluminum pins

• glass marbles and iron balls

Which picture best illustrates how a canyon is formed?

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