Texas

Which two organisms are most likely to compete for water, minerals, and sunlight?

• Bald eagle and cutleaf daisy

• Green lynx spider and honey bee

• Pronghorn antelope and Bachmann's sparrow

• Texas walnut and cutleaf daisy

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What is a trait that the marine stickleback fish likely developed during the last ice age?

• The ability to survive at colder temperatures

• The ability to survive at warmer temperatures

• The ability to survive in waters with a high sewage content

• The ability to survive in captivity

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What must the grasses of a desert ecosystem be a able to do to survive?

• The grasses must be able to outcompete cacti and yucca plants for shelter from storms

• The grasses must be able to outcompete cacti and yucca plants for minerals in mountain rocks

• The grasses must be able to outcompete cacti and yucca plants for shade

• The grasses must be able to outcompete cacti and yucca plants for water

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The decrease in the amount of leaf litter on the floor of a temperate forest in Australia can cause there to be -

• fewer insects, fungi, and bacteria on the forest floor

• only insects on the forest floor

• more insects, fungi, and bacteria on the forest floor

• only fungi and bacteria on the forest floor

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Owls and mice are in a predator/prey relationship. This is because owls-

• help mice find food

• protect mice from predators

• compete with mice for food

• hunt and eat mice

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Deer and shrubs are in a producer/consumer relationship. This is because deer

• compete with mountain lions for shrubs

• fertilize shrubs

• use shrubs for shelter

• feed upon shrubs

Based on the diagram, how might the toads in population B differ from the toads in population A after several generations?

• The toads in population B might have smaller eyes in order to see in the dark

• The toads in population B might have darker skin in order to blend into their environment

• The toads in population B might have brighter skin in order to attract prey

• The toads in population B might have a longer tongue in order to catch distant prey

Which statement best accounts for the changing levels of bison in relation to rabbit population levels

• Weather patterns that benefit bison have negative effect on rabbits

• Rabbit populations are stable except when bison populations are low

• When rabbit populations are large, they attract natural predators of the bison

• When rabbit populations are large, they outcompete bison for food on the preserve

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The grey heron and three-spined stickleback fish are in a predator/prey relationship. This is because the -

• three-spined stickleback fish feeds within the grey heron's stomach

• grey heron helps the three-spined stickleback fish find and hunt minnows

• three-spined stickleback fish gathers leaves for the grey heron to eat

• grey heron catches and consumes the three-spined stickleback fish

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Brown shrimp lay eggs that grow in

tidal marshes on the southern Texas

coast. Brown shrimp will not lay eggs

in water that is less than 45 feet

deep. There was a drought one year

that caused the water level in many

marshes to drop to 40 feet deep.

What most likely happened to Texas's

population of brown shrimp?

• Texas's population of brown shrimp remained constant

• Texas's population of brown shrimp relocated to inland lakes

• Texas's population of brown shrimp decreased

• Texas's population of brown shrimp increased

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