Life Science 5th Grade

Animals such as bears that consume both plants and other animals are referred to as

• cannibals

• carnivores

• herbivores

• omnivores

Organisms that use energy from the sun to make their own food are called

• producers

• carnivores

• omnivores

• consumers

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If these organisms were arranged in an energy pyramid, which organism would have the LEAST amount of total energy available?

• red fox

• sage shrub

• grass hopper

• fence lizard

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Any abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosystem that causes a population’s size to slow or decrease is a ____________ factor.

• growth

• limiting

• carrying

• density dependent

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Beginning with the producer, which represents the correct order in a typical food chain?

• grass-rabbit-fox-mountain lion

• mountain lion-fox-rabbit-grass

• grass-fox-rabbit-mountain lion

• grass-fox-rabbit-mountain lion

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An eagle is a carnivore. It MOST LIKELY gets the energy it needs to live and reproduce from

• oxygen

• plants

• The Sun

• rodents

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All of the elephants living in a wildlife preserve would be considered a

• community

• group

• individual

• population

All of the squirrels, grass, oak trees, and turtles in a forest would be considered a

• community

• habitat

• population

• species

In a forest habitat, the white-tailed deer eats tree leaves and grass while a Cooper’s hawk hunts for small rodents and birds to eat. In the ground, earthworms break down dead grasses and leaves. In the forest habitat described here, the white tailed deer is classified as a

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

• producer

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

• autotroph

• decomposer

• predator

• producer

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