NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which shows the correct flow of energy through this simple food chain?

• fox → grass → rabbit
• grass → fox → rabbit
• grass → rabbit → fox
• rabbit → grass → fox

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms such as fungi and bacteria that break down dead plants or animals

• Autotroph
• Carnivore
• Decomposer
• Herbivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This diagram shows how energy flows through an eco-system. What is the first source of energy in this pyramid?

• sharks and large birds

• algae, plankton and seagrass

• herbivorous fish, crustaceans and sea urchins

• seals and carnivorous fish

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Scientist use models to show relationships between organisms, an example of such a model would be a(n):

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

• all of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the movement of cold, nutrient-rich waters from the bottom of the ocean, promoting algae growth?

• upwelling

• deposition

• precipitation

• eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How is the carbon cycle similar to the water cycle?

• Both involve liquid substances falling to the Earth from the atmosphere?

• Neither process works at low temperature.

• Both involve the transfer of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.

• Both involve the transfer of substances between the earth and outer space.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3