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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Some students set up an aquarium containing water, fish, and plants. Plants help support the survival of fish because they
remove nutrients from the soil
use the energy of sunlight
absorb water from their surroundings
add needed resources to the water
Some plants grow best in damp environments. During a severe drought, these plants will most likely -
perish
move
grow
thrive
When a hurricane comes ashore, it brings large amounts of salt water with it. How might this affect the organisms in fresh water environments?
The plants in the fresh water will move to a new location.
The number of organisms in the environment will increase.
Animals in this environment will begin to grow much larger.
Organisms that cannot survive in salty water will not survive.
How might cutting down the trees in a forest environment affect the animals that live there?
All of the animals in the forest will perish in a short period of time.
Animals that cannot find what they need will move.
The animals will move underground to find what they need.
Most animals will eat different kinds of food in order to survive.
The table shows the basic needs of a robin. Which environmental change would be harmful to the survival of a robin?
Prairie dogs digging tunnels in the ground.
Beavers building dams across streams.
Humans clearing forests to build houses.
Ants building large anthills in a schoolyard.
What does perish mean?
survive
die
outlast
persevere
What does thrive mean?
grow
die
diminish
not survive
All of these might happen to the environment if it floods EXCEPT
severe damage to plants
animals die
we are in a drought
contaminated flood water
What type of scientist studies organisms and their environments?
astronomer
ecologist
botanist
animal behavior
ALL of these are some of the reasons an animal population can decrease EXCEPT-
drought
flood
fire
planting trees
Frogs often live in freshwater ponds where they feed on insects and lay their eggs in the water. Sometimes they are eaten by snakes. Frogs would leave the area if -
there were more insects.
the snakes all died out.
the water in the pond dried up.
there was a little more rain.
All of the following are changes to an environment that could help an animal thrive EXCEPT-
more of the kind of plants the animal eats.
fewer predators that eat the animal.
less rain during the spring and summer.
removal of animals that eat the same food.
How could a forest fire help some organisms? A forest fire could help–
remove the trees that birds use to build nests.
clear dead plants to allow new plants to grow.
scare away small mammals that are food for wolves.
burn the organic matter from soil where worms live.
What must an animal do for food when it is forced to move from its habitat?
It must find new food sources or it will perish.
just not eat
go hungry
go to sleep
What is the difference between living and nonliving things?
