Biology STAAR Review

• Chemosynthetic bacteria and amphipods

• Zooplankton and mussels

• Ratfish and octopuses (should be octopi but I'm just copying TEA here)

• Galatheid crabs and zoarcid fish

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A student is asked to draw a food web in which the same organism is a primary consumer as well as a secondary consumer. How should the organism be represented in the food web?

• The organism must have an arrow pointing form it to a tertiary consumer and another arrow pointing from it to a decomposer.

• The organism must have an arrow pointing from it to a secondary consumer and another arrow pointing to it from the top predator.

• The organism must have a n arrow pointing to it from a producer and another arrow pointing to it from a primary consumer.

• The organism must have an arrow pointing from it to a primary consumer and another arrow pointing away from it to a decomposer.

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Which of the following lists only organisms that are secondary consumers on this food web?

• Mice, rabbits, herbivorous insects and squirrels

• Predaceous insects, toads, spiders and foxes

• spiders, foxes, owls, hawks and snakes

• Insectivorous birds, seed-eating birds, owls and hawks

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• Fish

• Plants

• Nitrobacter

• Water

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• The destruction of terrestrial biota

• Increases in marine biota

• A reduction in the use of fossil fuels

• A thickening of ocean sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

• Air pollution

• Food production

• Oceanic evaporation

• Nonrenewable resources

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• Rainfall patterns that increase freshwater runoff from terrestrial ecosystems

• Replacing coal-fired power plants with windmills

• Farming practices that reduce nitrate and phosphate applications

• Constructing efficient water recovery and treatment plants

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How does the appearance of these butterflies help them survive?

• The Indian Leaf butterfly is able to avoid predators while the monarch butterfly warns predators away.

• The Indian Leaf butterfly frightens predators away while the monarch butterfly poisons predators before they can eat it.

• Both butterflies rely on camouflage to avoid predation.

• Both butterflies cooperate with one another to avoid predation.

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• Nutrients from the soil

• Living space for the organisms

• Food sources

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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• Snails

• Blind shrimp

• Protozoa

• Texas Blind Salamanders

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