TN READY Photosynthesis, Food Chains and Roles of Organisms

Which three statements correctly describe materials plants need?

• Plants need sunlight to grow.

• Plants need water to grow.

• Plants need soil to photosynthesize.

• Plants need carbon dioxide to photosynthesize.

• Plants need oxygen to photosynthesize.

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Which organisms get energy from crickets?

• cattails and grasshoppers

• cattails and frogs

• shrews and frogs

• grasshoppers and shrews

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Which two energy flows are correct based on the students’

classifications?

• Plant → Wolf

• Plant → Deer

• Sun → Deer

• Sun → Plant

• Earthworm → Wolf

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Which organisms are decomposers that should be added to complete the

food web?

• Hawk and Earthworm

• Tree and Fungi

• Earthworm and Fungi

• Squirrel and Bacteria

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The energy that the organisms in this food chain use for growth began as

energy from the

• cardinal.

• cricket.

• grass.

• sun.

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The model below shows a plant. Four of its structures are labeled. Which structure absorbs carbon dioxide during the photosynthesis process?

• leaf (W)

• stem (V)

• roots (X)

• petal (U)

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A group of students is creating a model of an ecosystem.  Which of the following organisms should the students select to act as a consumer?

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Which of these correctly describes the relationship between plants and animals in the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle?

• Plants produce and release the oxygen that animals need to breathe

• Plants produce and release the carbon dioxide that animals need to breathe

• Animals produce and release the oxygen that plants need to make their own food

• Animals produce and release the oxygen that plants convert to carbon dioxide

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Analyze the model of the food chain below. Which type of organism would complete the food chain?

• decomposer

• producer

• carnivore

• herbivore

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Blake’s fourth grade class is completing a lab on photosynthesis.  Below is a model of the investigation.

Which of the following would represent the energy source for photosynthesis to occur?

• lamp

• gas

• test tube

• water plant

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