Q2 Science Benchmark Review (Ecosystems)

The leaves on the plant are turning brown.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Both
• Neither

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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The plant has grown 4 cm since yesterday.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Both
• Neither

There are 16 red marbles in the bag.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Both
• Neither

There are 15 boys and 17 girls.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Both
• Neither

The barn contains pigs, cows, and horses.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Both
• Neither

In a food web, each ____________ depends on the trophic level below it for energy.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• detritivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What happens to the amount of available energy in the pyramid as it moves up through the different levels?

• it increases

• it decreases

• it remains the same

• it decreases, then increases

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

In any food web, the organisms that are responsible for converting raw energy into usable chemical energy are collectively called ________ while organisms that recycle the nutrients trapped in dead organisms are collectively called ________.

• producers;consumers

• producers; decomposers

• heterotrophs; consumers

• heterotrophs;autotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the factors listed are abiotic factors of this underwater ecosystem EXCEPT the

• sunlight

• water currents

• fish population

• water temperature

In an ecosystem, a fungus, such as the mushroom pictured here, functions as a

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• decomposer

• predator