NC-Check in review #3

Clara says that her school is in a desert. Which fact about her schoolyard MOST helps her claim?

• The schoolyard has few trees.

• The schoolyard has rocks and sand.

• The schoolyard gets warm in the summer

• The schoolyard gets little rain during the year.

Which area is coldest?

• rainforest

• tundra

• grassland

• reef

High average daily temperature and heavy annual precipitation are found in a

• desert.

• grassland.

• rainforest.

• tundra.

An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, returning matter back into the soil, is called a

• herbivore

• producer

• competitor

• decomposer.

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The main function of a producer in an ecosystem is to

• absorb minerals from the soil

• change water vapor into a liquid.

• make sugar through photosynthesis

• break down dead plant and animal matter.

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Which pair of organisms benefits each other the MOST?

• birds building a nest in a bush

• worms eating the roots of a plant

• squirrels burying seeds from a tree

• deer scraping their antlers on a tree

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Which effect will an increase in sea urchins MOST likely have on this food web?

• a decrease in the number of sea otters

• a decrease in the amount of seaweed

• a decrease in the amount of sunlight

• a decrease in the number of parrotfish

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The removal of which organism would result in the MOST damage to the ecosystem?

• fox

• rabbit

• grasshopper

• grass

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Which feature is a kitten MOST likely to inherit from its parents?

• diet

• color

• health

• independence

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A deer inherits some of its features from its parents. Other features come from its environment. Which feature would a deer MOST likely inherit from its parents?

• a long scar

• brown eyes

• missing teeth

• a broken antler

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