Organisms and their environments

Monarch Butterflies fly South for the Winter months. What is a reason that Monarch Butterflies need to migrate?

• They need to find a place to lay their eggs.

• They are not able to survive the cold winters.

• They follow birds that are a food source.

• They require large amounts of exercise.

Use the chart below to determine which plant is BEST suited for a mountainous region that is cold.

• Cactus

• Vines

• Purple Saxifrage

• Maple Trees

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Chipmunks and squirrels will be able to live in a forest environment during the winter season because the forest --

• trees grow seeds and nuts that the chipmunks and squirrels can store for the winter.

• trees have a lost of bark that the chipmunks and squirrels can feed on all winter long.

• has many insects that the chipmunks can hunt during the winter.

• has many leaves that the chipmunks and squirrels can eat during the winter.

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What would happen if the grass in this environment disappears?

• The number of foxes in this environment would go up because there would be more rabbits.

• The number of rabbits would go up because they would be able to hide in the dark soil that has little grass.

• The number of foxes in this environment would go down because they would need to find more grass to eat.

• The number of rabbits would go down because they would run out of food to eat.

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What is the correct order for this forest food chain?

• Sun->Plant->Grub ->Javelina-> Jaguar

• Plant->Grub-> Sun->Jaguar-> Javelina

• Jaguar->Javelina ->Grub->Plant ->Sun

• Javelina->Jaguar ->Sun->Plant

  ->Grub

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Maple Trees require cool temperatures to live. If the temperature was to become warm and stay that way for many years in that area, what would most likely happen to the Maple Trees?

• The kinds of animals that live on the sugar maple trees would go up in number.

• The number of sugar maple trees would go up in that area of the United

  States.

• Sugar maple trees would move to the southern area of the United States.

• Trees that live well in warmer temperatures would start to grow in that

  area of the United States.

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A model is shown of an ancient swamp with a Brachiosaurus. A student studying the swamp stated that paleontologists would find rocks with imprints of dinosaur bones, grasses, and trees in the same area. Was his statement correct?

• No, because grasses cannot be preserved in rock.

• Yes, because dinosaur bones, grasses, and trees are all organisms that might be preserved in rock.

• No, because dinosaur bones, grasses, and trees cannot be preserved in a swamp.

• Yes, because water preserves organisms in trees.

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This photo shows a number of fossils found in one location. What can you say about the environment in which this organism lived?

• It contained a diverse group of organisms.

• It contained genetically similar organisms.

• It experienced great climate change.

• It experienced little variation in climate.

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The Mississippi River has deer, bobcats, and raccoons that live around the river. It also has alligators, frogs, and turtles that live around and in the river. If the Mississippi was to spill over and flood the land around it, what would most likely happen to the animals?

• The number of raccoons and alligators would go down.

• The number of frogs would go down because they would have to move to higher land, while number of deer go up.

• The number of bobcats and deer would go up.

• The number of deer living around the river would go down because they would have to move to higher ground, while the number of alligators would go up.

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What is the role of the grass and where would the grass get its energy from?

• The grass makes its own energy and it would get its energy from the grasshopper.

• The grass makes its own energy and it would get energy from the sun.

• The owl provides energy to the grass.

• The mouse provides energy to the grass.

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