Web of Life: Mystery 7

1. Which correctly shows the flow of energy through a food web?

• producers ---> decomposers ---> consumers

• producers ---> consumers ---> decomposers

• decomposers ---> producers ---> consumers

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2. Choose the statement that most accurately describes why the dinosaurs died.

• a. The dinosaurs died from earthquakes set off by the asteroid impact.

• b. The dinosaurs burned up instantly from a giant fireball caused by the asteroid.

• c. Most dinosaurs starved due to the collapse of their food webs.

• d. Most dinosaurs suffocated because they couldn’t breathe air full of asteroid dust.

• e. The dinosaurs froze to death when the sun was blocked out.

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3. True or False: Scientists have reason to think NOT ALL dinosaurs died in the Cretaceous extinction.

• True

• False

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4. How do scientists learn so much about dinosaurs?

• They study them in the wild.

• They study their fossils.

• They watch Jurassic Park.

• They read lots of books.

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5. Scientists can assume that dinosaurs with broad, flat teeth were ______.

• carnivores

• producers

• decomposers

• herbivores

6. Scientists can assume that dinosaurs with sharp, pointy teeth were ______.

• carnivores

• producers

• decomposers

• herbivores

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7. Which organisms were most likely to survive the Cretaceous extinction? Choose all that apply. There are 2 correct answers.

• Herbivores

• Large animals

• Carnivores

• Decomposers

• Plants

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8. How can scientists tell which fossils are the oldest?

• The oldest fossils would be on the surface.

• The oldest fossils are found in the ocean.

• The oldest fossils would be the deepest.

• The oldest fossils would be the dirtiest.

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9. How do scientist determine what a dinosaur ate?

• They look at the contents inside their stomachs.

• They study the shape and size of their teeth.

• They study the plant life in the area where they found the dinosaur.

• They Google it.

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10. Caterpillars are small insects that can grow very quickly. Some caterpillars can double in size in just one day! Caterpillars have to eat a lot of food so that they have the energy to grow that quickly. The diagram below shows a food chain including a caterpillar. What does the above food chain show? There are 2 correct answers.

• Caterpillars get their energy directly from the Sun.

• Caterpillars get their energy directly from plants.

• Caterpillars use energy that originally came from the Sun. But they can’t use energy directly from the Sun.

• Caterpillars give energy to plants, and plants give energy to the Sun.

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