Day 7 STAAR® Blitz Warm-Up: Ecosystems

Anything that is not or has never been alive (a)  

• Habitat
• Interdependency
• Living
• Nonliving

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5.10B

When elements depend on each other (a)  

• Habitat
• Interdependency
• Living
• Nonliving

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5.9A

A place where an organism lives or its home (a)  

• Habitat
• Interdependency
• Living
• Nonliving

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5.9A

Anything that is or has ever been alive (a)  

• Habitat
• Interdependency
• Living
• Nonliving

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5.10B

Livestock eat grass from fields. Which of the following is a negative impact of overgrazing?
(a)  

• Soil erosion will increase.
• The livestock population will increase.
• Nutrients in the soil will increase.
• Precipitation will decrease.

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5.9B

On a trip to the beach a student noticed a hermit crab. In which of the following statements is the hermit crab interacting with a living component in the ecosystem? Select TWO correct answers.

• Eating grasses on the shoreline

• Swimming through the water

• Hiding behind a rock

• Living with a sea anemone for protection

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5.9A

The table below lists the preferred diet of several types of birds. Based on this information, which two types of birds do not compete for food resources?

• Purple martin and yellow warbler
• Eastern bluebird and purple martin
• Lesser goldfinch and eastern bluebird
• American goldfinch and lesser goldfinch

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5.9B

5.9A

Which of these describes one or more living organisms that depend on another living organism to survive?

• Bacteria living in the mouth of a horse

• Ivy plants growing up a fence to obtain more sunlight

• Mold living on a hard, rocky surface

• An angelfish releasing carbon dioxide into pond water

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5.9A