Science Unit 3 Pretest

What is the process that plants use to produce food?

• sunlight

• chloroplast

• photosynthesis

• carbon dioxide

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Photosynthesis is important for life on Earth. Which living thing can perform photosynthesis?

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What is a habitat?

• all the animals living in the ocean

• the space where a plant or animal lives

• all of one kind of animal or plant in the same area

• living and nonliving things that interact in the same space

All living things need certain things to live and grow. Which of these things do all living things need to survive?

• blood

• energy

• sunlight

• carbon dioxide

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In a grassland food chain, grasshoppers eat grass. Then meerkats eat grasshoppers. What is the main role of the grasshopper in this food chain?

• make a new habitat

• be a source of energy

• clear grass for space to live

• lay eggs to make more grasshoppers

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How does the owl get energy?

• by eating mice

• by eating grass

• by eating other owls

• by eating grasshoppers

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In a food chain, there are producers, consumers, and decomposers. What is the role of a producer in a food chain?

• to eat plants

• to make food

• to eat other living things

• to break down dead things

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Which organism is a producer?

• a bush

• a wolf

• a horse

• a grasshopper

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What makes up an ecosystem?

• all the animals living in a rain forest

• the space where a plant or animal lives

• all of one kind of animal or plant in the same area

• living and nonliving things that interact in the same space

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Mr. Daniels drew this picture on the board. The tree takes in carbon dioxide and gives off oxygen.

What is the name of the process shown in the picture?

• food chain

• producing

• decomposing

• photosynthesis

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