3rd year assignment A

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a 

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• autotroph

Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom
• leaves
• mold
• worm

Which of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket
• frog
• hawk
• shrew

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is this called?

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

An animal that eats other animals is a....

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

The habitat of a moth species included trees with both light and dark colored bark.Therefore the moth species included both light and dark colored variants.Then the light-colored trees were wiped out by a disease, and within a few years nearly all the moths in this forest were dark colored. Which of the following choices BEST explains what happened?

• The light moths that survived all had dark offspring in order to adapt to the change.
• The dark moths were less visible to predators, so mostly light moths were eaten.
• The few light moths that survived did not mate, and therefore they had no offspring.
• The light moths changed their wing pigments to darker colors to avoid being eaten.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...

• stay the same
• decrease
• increase

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What happened to the wolf population between 1980 and 1982?

• it increased rapidly
• it decreased rapidly

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the name of the apparatus shown?

• Pooter

• Beating tray

• Line transect

• Pitfall trap

A quadrat is used in studying habitats.

Which one of the following statements about the use of quadrats is NOT correct?

• The quadrat should be thrown behind by the person using it.

• Quadrats are sometimes made of wood.

• The quadrat has a square shape.

• The quadrat is used to estimate numbers of plants and small animals in an area.