Grade 5 SOL Science Review #4

The food chain starts with a producer (a plant) and ends with a:

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• the sun

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Decomposers like ______ break down organisms and recycle them back to the nutrient pool.

• fungi

• moss

• ferns

• liverworts

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All of the living and nonliving things in an environment make up:

• an ecosystem

• a population

• a community

• a niche

Everything in an ecosystem depends on everything else. Humans often destroy ecosystems by

• polluting ponds

• chopping down forests

• planting flowers

• picking up trash

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The specific place an organism has in the food web is the organism's:

• niche

• community

• population

• ecosystem

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The niche of every organism is different, and an organism's niche changes as it grows. A niche is the organism's role in the community, and includes:

• what it does

• what it eats

• what eats it

• how it looks

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All organisms have _________ that allow it to survive in its environment.

• adaptations

• body parts

• niches

• protection

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Structural adaptations are __________ that help an organism survive, like long beaks, webbed feet, camouflage.

• body parts

• adaptations

• movements

• buildings

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Behavioral adaptations are things that organisms do to survive. Examples of behavioral adaptations are:

• migration

• hibernation

• instincts

• body parts

The measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere is:

• temperature

• humidity

• air pressure

• air masses

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