Reporting Category 4: Ecosystems

Match the following Organism structures with its function.

• always ready to eat

• Barn Owl: Large eyes on front

• can chew through bones and horns

• Cactus: Spine leaves

• conserve water and protect the plant

• Shark: Rows of spare teeth

• see visible and ultraviolet light

• Crab: Ten eyes

• to see prey

• Crocodile: strong jaws

Match the following

• organism that uses energy from the Sun

• Producer

• organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

• Consumer

• organism that obtains energy from eating other organisms

• Decomposer

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Which of these is NOT competition in an Ecosystem?

• Two species of cactus compete for water in a desert

• Two male gazelles fight over female mates

• A cow eats grass until it gets full

• Two ivy plants compete for space to grow

Match the following types of consumers

• eats other animals

• Omnivore

• eats both plants and animals

• Carnivore

• only eats plants

• Herbivore

Match the following adaptations to its definition

• adapted to store water and prevent water loss

• Camouflage

• adapted to what animals eat

• Waxy leaves

• adaptation for protection

• Types of Teeth

• adaptation allows an animal to blend in with its environment

• Shells

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What changes occur in the food web if the aquatic snail is removed?

• The bluegill will increase in population

• The macrophyte will increase in population

• The minnow will increase in population

• The zooplankton will increase in population

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Match the following

• all populations of organisms in an area

• Nonliving (abiotic)

• soil, oxygen, carbon, salt, and other factors

• Population

• plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi

• Living (biotic)

• a group of organisms

• Community

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Which of these statements correctly compares the Echidna life cycle to a Green Sea Turtle life cycle?

• They are both mammals

• They both live mainly in water

• They both lay eggs even though the Echidna is a mammal

• The both have live births

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What statement correctly compares the life cycles?

• When they both hatch they look nothing like their adult form

• When they both hatch they look just like their adult form

• They both have 4 stages in their life cycle

• Ladybugs lay eggs and the dragonfly has a live birth.

Which statement does NOT correctly compare the life cycles?

• The polar bear cub and catshark young look like their adult form

• They both have live births to their babies

• They both have an adult form

• They both have a baby form