Organisms and Environments Life Science Practice

A grassland food web is shown. What TWO animals directly depend on the grasshopper for energy.

• Grasshopper

• Hawk

• Prairie chicken

• Coyote

• Prairie dog

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A paleontologist has accidentally mixed up their fossil collection. Which of these fossils could indicate that the area in which it was found was once underwater? Choose THREE fossils.

• Fossil of a seashell

• Fossil of a dinosaur footprint

• Fossil of a fish

• Fossil of a leaf

• Fossil of a trilobite

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Sort the biotic factors of a healthy ecosystem.

• bacteria

• producers

• sunlight

• consumers

• minerals

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Select the structures that help to protect each desert organism. Choose THREE structures.

• poor vision

• four legs

• horned scales

• sharp spines

• quills on body

Which organism is a producer?

• Snake

• Mouse

• Fox

• Grasses

• Hawk

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If residents living in this area removed most of the snakes, how would it affect other organisms?

• Hawks would have fewer predators.

• Hawks would have more food sources available to them.

• Rats would become overpopulated.

• Owls would have fewer food sources available to them.

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A roseate spoonbill is a bird with pink feathers and a large, spoon-shaped bill. A white ibis is a bird with a long, curved bill. Both have long legs and feed on shrimp-like animals and insects. Based on these adaptations, in which environment would you most likely find these two birds?

• coral reef

• icy tundra

• marshy wetlands

• evergreen forest

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Grouper fish and Moray eels have a special way of hunting together. Moray eels like to hide in rock crevices to find prey, while grouper catch prey in the open water above the rock. They often pair up to hunt so that they can easily trap and eat small fish nearby. Which TWO answers show a living to non living interaction?

• A. The moray eel uses a rock as a hiding place.

• B. The grouper and the moray eel hide in seaweed.

• C. The grouper and the moray eel eat smaller fish.

• D. The grouper swims through open water.

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Which layer is the youngest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Select the omnivore in the tundra food web.

• Polar Bear

• Reindeer

• Arctic Fox

• Snowy Owl

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