Topic 8b Test-Life Cycles

What type of life cycle is this?

• The life cycle of a flowering plant.

• The life cycle of a mammal.

• The life cycle of an insect.

• The lufe cycle of a reptile.

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Plants can make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. What do plants need for photosynthesis?

• oxygen, water, carbon dioxide, sunlight

• sugar, water, sunlight

• carbon dioxide, water, sunlight

• oxygen, water, sunlight

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Water bugs are common to Florida because they like the hot, humid climate.  Water bugs go through incomplete metamorphosis.

What are the stages of a water bug’s life cycle?

 

 

 

• egg → larva → nymph → adult

• egg → pupa → adult

• egg → nymph → adult

• egg → larva → pupa → nymph → adult

Which is common to the life cycles of both flowering and non-flowering plants?

 

• produce fruit

• stay dormant

• pollination

• producing cones

Which statement below best describes how the organism in the picture gets the food it needs?

 

• It gets energy by consuming other plants as food.

• It gets energy by breaking down dead material.

• It gets energy by consuming animals as food.

• It changes sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into food and oxygen.

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In a simple food chain, a frog eats insects, and a snake eats the frog.  The primary role of the frog in the food chain is ____________.

 

• to be a source of energy.

• to find a space to live.

• to start a new species.

• to make an ecosystem.

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Which sentence best describes this organism?

 

 

• It is a type of producer known as a herbivore.

• It is a type of producer known as a carnivore.

• It is a type of consumer known as a herbivore.

• It is a type of consumer known as a carnivore.

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What is the difference between a producer and a consumer in a food chain?

• producer is nonliving. A consumer is a living organism.

• A producer eats plants. A consumer eats plants and animals.

• A producer is a herbivore. A consumer is a carnivore.

• A producer creates its own food. A consumer eats other organisms for food.

What is the best description of a food chain?

 

 

• the competition among several species for the same food item

• the transfer of energy from one organism to another

• the way in which a living thing survives in its habitat

• the life cycle of the major predator in an ecosystem

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Which of these sequences shows the flow of energy from the sun through organisms on Earth?

• sun → producer → consumer → decomposer

• sun → consumer → producer → decomposer

• sun → carnivore → herbivore → consumer

• sun → herbivore → producer → carnivore

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