Homeostasis Review

Which of the following describes BOTH the frog and the small fish?

• They are both primary consumers

• They are both decomposers

• They are both consumed by the gartner snake

• They are both producers

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Which organism gets its energy directly from a producer?

• rabbit

• fox

• praying mantis

• frog

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If the information in the table was used to make a food web diagram, which two organisms are MOST LIKELY to be connected directly by an arrow?

• meadow grass and marsh grass

• marsh grass and mouse

• meadow grass and frog

• marsh grass and rabbit

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the BEST classification of the relationship between humans and mosquitoes?

• competition

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

A panther is an example of an animal that has a territory that it defends. Panthers have behaviors that keep other panthers from entering their territory. How does the panther benefit from having an unshared territory?

• It increases the number of predators that interact panthers

• It leads to mutualism with other panthers

• It reduces competition with other predators

• It leads to commensalism between panthers and their prey.

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Which BEST summarizes how parasitism differs from mutualism and commensalism?

• Parasitism benefits both organisms, mutualism and commensalism do not.

• Parasitism involves two organisms, mutualism and commensalism do not.

• Parasitism involves harm to one of the organisms, mutualism and commensalism do not.

• Parasitism benefits one organism, neither mutualism nor commensalism benefit organisms.

How does this food chain illustrate the Law of Conservation of Energy?

• It shows how energy stored in food moves from one organism to another.

• It shows how sunlight is converted into the matter making up organisms

• It shows that the energy used by plants for photosynthesis disappears.

• It shows that energy is destroyed by the last animal in the chain.

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Electromagnetic waves produced by the sun travel through space to Earth. This type of energy transfer is called _______.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum causes us to put sunglasses on when we go outside on sunny day?

• infrared radiation

• ultraviolet radiation

• visible light

• microwave radiation

What property is used to divide the various colors in the spectrum?

• density

• temperature

• speed

• wavelength