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WorksheetsUnit 5.9 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is an example of an anole interacting with a living thing in this picture?
crickets
sand
water dish
rocks
The worms in this compost pile needs a hole in the compost bucket for what reason?
They need oxygen
They need carbon dioxide
They need sunlight
They need food
All of the following are ways a bird interacts with nonliving parts of the environment except -
reacting to morning sunlight by singing
drinking and taking a bath in a puddle of water
responding to cold temperatures by fluffing itself
feeding insects to its chicks
Tropical climates have warm temperatures and abundant sunlight all year. What must be available for plants to make their own food all year?
bacteria
birds
shade
water
Which suggestion involves interactions between 2 groups of living organisms?
1
2
3
4
Which 2 birds do NOT compete for food?
Purple martin and yellow warbler
Easter bluebird and purple martin
Lesser goldfinch and eastern bluebird
American goldfinch and lesser goldfinch
What role does the prickly pear cactus play in the desert food web.
obtains energy from producers
returns nutrients to the soil
preys upon other organisms
provides energy to consumers
Which food chain shows one way energy flows in the Big Bend Ecosystem?
juniper berries --> ornate box turtles --> roadrunners --> rock squirrels
grasses --> rock squirrels --> roadrunners
cacti --> ornate box turtles --> turkey vultures
mesquite beans --> turkey vultures --> roadrunners --> western rattlesnakes
Which type of organism is missing from this food web?
decomposer
producer
predator
consumer
Which organisms transfer the most energy within the food web?
Bass, because they are predators
Copepods, because they support 2 chains in the web
Crayfish, because they are at the bottom of the web
Algae, because they are the producers in this web
Which organisms in this food web eat only consumers?
Okapis
Civets
Leopards
Gorillas
Which change would most likely occur if all the producers in this ecosystem were removed?
The mice would become the new producers.
All the animals would either die or move away.
The number of mice would increase.
All the animal populations would increase.
Fertilizers used on farms near the coast can be carried to the ocean. These fertilizers decrease the population of fish. Which other populations will decrease?
organisms that eat algae
organisms that live on farms
organisms that eat fish
all of these
Which animal's food source most likely increased after the mall opened?
Snakes, squirrels and raccoons
Squirrels only
Snakes, squirrels and deer
Raccoons only
If all the dead branches and dying trees in a wooded area are removed, which bird's habitat would be most affected?
Baltimore oriole
Barn swallow
Downy woodpecker
Belted kingfisher
How does the presence of the hog effect other animals living in the area?
By competing with other animals for food
By moving slower than most other animals
By causing other animals to reproduce more
By eating foods that no other animals eat
Which of these correctly describes the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle?
Plants produce and release oxygen that animals need to breathe.
Plants produce and release carbon dioxide that animals need to breathe.
Animals produce and release oxygen that plants need to make their own food.
Animals produce and release the oxygen that plants convert to carbon dioxide
What would most likely happen to the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle if Earth's large forests were all cut down?
There would be more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The remaining plants would stop producing carbon dioxide.
The remaining plants would produce more oxygen.
There would be more oxygen in the atmosphere.
Animals and plants use substances that cycle through the environment. Which substance is needed by plants to survive and is released into the environment by animals?
Oxygen
Sugar
Salt
Carbon dioxide
Many types of plants grow in a forest. How do plants affect the air that forest animals breate?
Plants use oxygen from the air to make food.
Plants release pollution into the air.
Plants release energy from the sun into the air.
Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the air.
