Organisms & Environments

What is an organism?

• a rock

• a highway

• any living thing

• a building

All organisms can do the following EXCEPT...

• take in energy and give off waste

• grow and develop

• adjust to their environments

• create weather

Structures help organisms survive.

• True

• False

A structure of a plant is all of the following EXCEPT...

• flower

• stem

• wings

• roots

An adaptation is a structure of behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings.

• True

• False

A food chain is...

• the path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem

• the stages of growth and development that an organism goes through in its lifetime

• an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

• the job that a body part does in an organism

A life cycle is...

• the path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem

• parts of plants or animals that help them survive in an ecosystem

• the stages of growth and development that an organism goes through in its lifetime

• an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

A producer is...

• a plant

• makes its own food through a process called photosynthesis

• an organism

• all of the above are true

The life cycles of spotted lady beetles and a tomato plant are exactly the same.

• True

• False

All food chains start with the sun.

• True

• False