Big Idea 5

Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?

• limestone

• phosphate

• solar energy

• silicon

Which of the following can cause weathering and also transport materials by erosion?

• clouds

• wind

• stars

• all of these

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A food chain is____________________________.

• a species whose population is so small that is it in danger of being extinct.

• a plant or animal not native to an area, that can have a negative impact on the environment.

• the transfer of energy from the Sun through producers and a series of consumers.

• an animal that consumes, or eats, only plants.

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What is the definition of organism?

• A group of the same kind of organism that can mate and produce offspring that will also reproduce.

• All the members of the same species living together at the same time and in the same area.

• is a specific living thing

• When different species of organisms live together in the same geographic area.

What is a community?

• A plant or animal action, reaction, or activity that occurs in response to stimuli (e.g., gravity, light, temperature).

• All the members of the same species living together at the same time and in the same area.

• The characteristics of an organism that increase its chances of survival in its environment, can be a physical structure or a behavior.

• When different species of organisms live together in the same geographic area.

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What are adaptations?

• An animal that is killed or eaten by a predator.

• An animal that consumes, or eats, both plants and animals.

• The characteristics of an organism that increase its chances of survival in its environment, can be a physical structure or a behavior.

• A feature, quality, property, or trait of an object or organism.

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A consumer is______________________________________.

• an organism in a food chain that eats other organisms. Consumers can be herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores.

• an organism that kills and eats other organisms (prey).

• an animal that is killed or eaten by a predator.

• A species that no longer exists.

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A producer is __________________________________.

• an organism in a food chain that eats other organisms. Consumers can be herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores.

• an animal that consumes, or eats, only plants.

• a species whose population is so small that is it in danger of being extinct.

• an organism in a food chain that makes it owns food. Plants are the only producers.

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Carnivore is_____________________________.

• an animal that consumes, or eats, both plants and animals.

• an organism that kills and eats other organisms (prey).

• an animal that consumes, or eats, only other animals.

• An animal that is killed or eaten by a predator.

A herbivore is _______________________________.

• an animal that consumes, or eats, both plants and animals.

• an animal that consumes, or eats, only plants.

• an animal that consumes, or eats, only other animals.

• an organism that kills and eats other organisms (prey).