2024 - 2025 6th Grade 4th Nine Weeks Test

Based on the food web, which types of organisms would the grasshopper mouse most likely compete with for food sources?

• A. Producers and carnivores

• B. Producers and decomposers

• C. Herbivores and carnivores

• D. Herbivores and decomposers

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Which plant would best compete for sunlight in a rain forest environment?

• A. Plant 1

• B. Plant 2

• C. Plant 3

• D. Plant 4

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Which two organisms compete with rabbits for biotic resources?

• A. Mice

• B. Goats

• C. Snakes

• D. Wolves

Which statement BEST describes a component of cell theory?

• All cells form from molecules.

• All cells come from preexisting cells.

• All cells create genetically identical cells.

• All cells reproduce from simpler cells.

Students listed characteristics of some cells they had studied. Identify the characteristics that are part of the cell theory. Select TWO correct answers.

• Help fight diseases

• Have similar structures

• Are able to move freely

• Can only come from other cells

• Are the basic units of life

Which characteristic does NOT apply to all cells?

• A. smallest structural unit of an organism

• B. contains a nucleus

• C. comes from other cells

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Match the correct word and definition.

• More than one cell

• Autotroph

• Only one cell

• Unicellular

• Hunts for its food

• Heterotroph

• No membrane bound nucleus, unicellular

• Multicellular

• Makes its own food through photosynthesis

• Prokaryotic

Which is the best evidence to support that broccoli is autotrophic?

• It is an eukaryote.

• It is multicellular.

• It makes its own food through photosynthesis.

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How would the above organism be classified?

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Archeabacteria

• Autotrophic

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What kind of cell is shown below?

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

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