Organisms & Ecosystem Spring 2024

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 gup a fence to obtain more sunlight

• Mold living on a hard, rock surface

• An angelfish releasing carbon dioxide into a pond

The bright-red male cardinal comes to a school bird feeder every morning. Like other cardinals, this bird makes a sharp chirping sound as it hops around the bird feeder. 

Which of these is a learned behavior of this bird?

• Eating seeds during the day

• Making a chirping sound

• Having red feathers

• Coming to the bird feeder each morning

Click on the producers in this food web.

• oak acorns

• kinglet

• red-tailed hawk

• pine tree

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In the food web diagram, what do the arrows represent?

• Life Cycle

• Metamorphosis

• How food is produced by organisms

• The flow of energy through an ecosystem

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Green plants are producers that begin the flow of energy between organisms in a food web when they-

• reproduce by generating seeds

• absorb water and nutrients through the soil

• release oxygen into the air

• make their own food using sunlight

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The diagram shows a pond food web. What two organisms get their energy directly from insect larvae?

• algae and minnows

• sunfish and bass

• minnows and sunfish

• snails and snapping turtles

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A student knows that some likenesses between parents and offspring are inherited, passed from generation to generation. Which of the following is an example of an inherited likeness in humans?

• eye color
• length of hair
• ability to read
• type of language spoken 

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What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?

• eye color
• tongue rolling
• handedness
• language

Is the following a learned behavior or inherited trait? 
table manners

• inherited trait
• learned behavior

Which of the following is most likely inherited by flowering plants?

• leaning on a pole
• the ability to produce seeds
• forming different shapes when trimmed

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