5.9C Environment Interactions

A teacher is setting up the terrarium shown below in a science classroom. Which of these organisms is best suited for the terrarium? (3.9A)

• Blue jay

• Lobster

• Snail

• Water lily

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Some facts about birds called cattle egrets are listed in the table. Which of these facts best describes how these birds depend on other animals to survive? (5.9A)

• Fact 1

• Fact 2

• Fact 3

• Fact 4

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An African savanna is a grassland with shrubs and a few small trees. It has warm temperatures all year long, a dry winter season, and a rainy summer season. Which group of animals is most likely supported by an African savanna? (3.9A)

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The table lists ways that four organisms obtain energy. Which organism obtains energy without depending on another organism? (5.9A)

• Oak tree

• Mushroom

• Cottontail rabbit

• Mountain lion

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Which of these is an example of one living thing depending on another living thing?

• Cat walking on the sand

• Bird building a nest in a tree

• Dog warming in the sunlight

• Squirrel drinking water

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All of the following are examples of living things interacting with each other EXCEPT —

• birds preying on insects living in the grass

• squirrels spreading the seeds of trees by burying them

• frogs sleeping in the mud at the bottom of the pond

• fish eating plants and other smaller fish

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Another word for a living thing is a:

• animal

• organism

• plant

• community

Which example shows a relationship between a living thing and a non-living thing?

• An insect is food for salmon.
• Water carries a rock downstream.
• A tree gets nutrients from the soil.
• A flower makes food for a butterfly.

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A plant uses which nonliving components to produce food and oxygen?

• sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide

• sunlight and carbon dioxide

• water, and carbon dioxide

• Soil, ice, and oil

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Which are ALL nonliving things?

• sunlight, temperature, water, air, wind, rocks, and soil

• sunlight, temperature, insects, air, wind, rocks, and soil.

• bacteria, temperature, water, air, wind, rocks, and soil.

• sunlight, temperature, water, air, wind, rocks, and worms.

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