Unit 4 Test

Which ecosystem gets a lot of rain and is very warm and humid?

• desert

• grassland

• salt water

• tropical rainforest

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This picture shows a food chain that can be found in a prairie. If the snake population increased, which other populations would most likely increase?

• frog and plant populations

• hawk and cricket populations

• hawk and plant populations

• frog and cricket populations

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Living and nonliving things are shown in this desert ecosystem. Which is a way the animals and plants in this ecosystem interact with each other?

• A lizard sits on a rock.

• A snake warms itself in the sun.

• An owl finds shelter in a cactus.

• A cactus stores water in its stem.

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A bear eats berries and nuts, but also eats fish. Which best describes a bear?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• producer

Which is an example of a decomposer?

• a bird

• grass

• a mushroom

• a snake

What is a habitat?

• all the animals living in the ocean

• the space where a plant or animal lives

• all of one kind of animal or plant in the same area

• living and nonliving things that interact in the same space

Which of the following describes a PRODUCER?

• an animal that eats only plants

• the process plants use to make food

• a living thing that makes its own food

• a living thing that eats other living things

Bridget is studying a pond ecosystem near her house. What living things might she expect to find in the pond ecosystem?

• birds, seaweed, fish

• fish, trees, rocks

• frogs, water, insects

• lily pads, insects, fish

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Which word describes all the deer living in the same area?

• community

• ecosystem

• habitat

• population

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Which is an example of the process of erosion?

• it does not rain for a long time

• tiny rocks and sand move in a flowing river

• a fire makes space for new plant growth

• a large amount of water covers normally dry land

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