A habitat is a small group of ducks.

False: It's a place where an organism naturally lives and grows

False: It's a small group of chickens.

False: It's a place where organisms are taken so they can adapt

Students are describing the ecosystem in an area. Which of these lists ALL the components the students should include in their description?

all living and non-living factors

all weather patterns and climates

all elements and chemical substances

Eelgrass is a major source of food for birds and turtles in an estuary. What will most likely happen to the bird and turtle populations if people remove the eelgrass to build a bridge?

The turtle population will increase, but the bird population will decrease

Both the bird population and the turtle population will increase

The bird population will increase, but the turtle population will decrease

In a grassland ecosystem, if the population of eagles suddenly decreased, what will most likely be the effect on the rest of the ecosystem?

The ecosystem will become overpopulated with snakes

There will be a decrease in the population of snakes in the ecosystem

The nutrition of the soil in the ecosystem will decrease

More types of plants will begin growing in the ecosystem

Which best explains why many kinds of plants and animals can live together in an ecosystem?

The plants and animals are all part of a food chain and depend on each other to live.

The plants and animals all care for each other and protect one another.

The plants and animals are independent of one another, so they can live together,

The plants and animals all feed on the same things, so they compete with each other for food.

Which best explains why many kinds of plants and animals can live together in an ecosystem?

The plants and animals are all part of a food chain and depend on each other to live.

The plants and animals all care for each other and protect one another.

The plants and animals are independent of one another, so they can live together,

The plants and animals all feed on the same things, so they compete with each other for food.

Wood ducks build their nests in holes in trees near lakes. If some of the trees were removed from around the lake, how would the wood ducks be affected?

Wood ducks would increase their competition for nests.

Wood ducks would become a new species.

Wood ducks would lay more eggs in each nest.

Wood ducks would begin building their nests on the ground.

What prevents plant growth beneath the trees in thick forests?

The trees limit the amount of sunlight that is able to reach the ground.

The roots of the tree make it difficult for plants to grow

Little water reaches the ground under the trees

All of the following are examples of living things interacting with each other EXCEPT —

frogs sleeping in the mud at the bottom of the pond

birds preying on insects living in the grass

squirrels spreading the seeds of trees by burying them

fish eating plants and other smaller fish

The Texas Kangaroo Rat, native to north-central Texas, makes its home in mesquite bushes. If the mesquite bushes are cleared for human homes , which of the following is the most probable result?

The rat population will decline (decrease).

The rat population will rise (increase).

The rat population will stay the same.

The rat population will double.

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

There would be a decrease in the mice population.

There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

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An animal that eats another animal is called...

Prey

Organism

Predator

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An animal that gets eaten by another animal is called...

Mammal

Organism

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This occurs when organisms in a community fight for the same limited resource.

Commensalism

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Symbiosis

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The lavender plant serves an important role in the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. Adult monarchs lay their eggs in the lavender plant, and then the monarch caterpillars eat that same plant during their development.
**Based on the relationship between monarchs and lavender, what is one reasonable prediction a scientist could make?**

If the lavender population goes down, the monarch population will do down.

Population of monarch butterflies should remain constant when lavender population decreases.

A decrease in the lavender population would cause a monarch butterfly population increase.

If the population of lavender remains constant (the same), the monarch butterfly population increases.

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The following picture is an example of...

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Ava decides to spend the weekend observing the squirrels in the neighborhood. As she watches them, she takes photos and makes notes about their activities. The drawing shows one of the activities she observes. Ava observes the squirrels in many types of interactions. Which of the following is an interaction with an abiotic factor of the environment?

Catching beetles on the lawn

Drinking water from a stream

Burying acorns by an oak tree

Running from a neighbor's cat

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An organism, such as a plant that makes its own food.

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abiotic factor

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Ecosystems Interactions

An animal that eats another animal is called...

An animal that gets eaten by another animal is called...

This occurs when organisms in a community fight for the same limited resource.

The following picture is an example of...

An organism, such as a plant that makes its own food.

an organism that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms into simpler substances

the path that energy takes from one organism to another in the form of food.

the food chains that overlap in an ecosystem

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