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WorksheetsBenchmark 1 Practice
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
A zebra herd lives in a prairie grassland habitat. How does the zebra get food in this habitat?
A. The zebra hunts tigers
B. The zebra digs holes to find worms.
C. The zebra eats different kinds of grasses.
D. The zebra hunts other zebras.
Animals give off carbon dioxide that plants take in through leaves. What do plants give off as a result of photosynthesis that animals need to breathe?
A. Heat
B. Oxygen
C. Protein
D. Water
Mia digs a small hole in her garden. She uses a hand lens to observe closely the soil that was dug out.
Which scientific question best matches Mia's actions in her garden?
Does the soil contain nutrients?
Why does soil support growth of plants?
What types of life forms live in the soil?
How does soil differ from one place to another?
In a forest ecosystem a hawk is a predator, and its prey is a mouse. What will most likely happen if the number of hawks declines?
The number of mice will barely decrease.
The number of mice will greatly decrease.
The number of mice will stay the same.
The number of mice will increase.
What is the role of the foxes in the food web?
consumers
decomposers
herbivores
producers
Which statement correctly describes an energy transfer within this food web?
The owl transfers energy to the snake.
The grasshopper transfers energy to the rabbit.
The fox receives some energy from the berry bush.
The berry bush receives some energy from the grasshopper.
Which organism would best fit in the X in the diagram?
tree
Sun
mushroom
butterfly
Which statement is true about ocean ecosystems?
Oceans are large bodies of freshwater.
The temperature of ocean water usually stays the same from the top to the bottom.
Oceans are small bodies of water surrounded by land.
Most organisms in an ocean live closer to the surface or where the water is shallow.
Which organism receives energy directly from the Sun?
aphid
blue jay
falcon
flower
Which organisms are carnivores?
Cougar and Prairie Dog
Cougar and Fox
Fox and Prairie Dog
Fox and Grass
The students in Mr. Turner's class observed bubbles coming out of the stem. What are the bubbles being released by the plant?
carbon dioxide
helium
hydrogen
oxygen
The osprey is a species of marine bird that nests along the estuaries of the Coastal Plain. What would most likely happen to the osprey population if humans started to develop the land around the estuaries?
The osprey population would increase the size of their nests.
The osprey population would increase the size of their nests.
The osprey population would decrease because of a lack of food and shelter to raise their young.
The osprey population would not be affected by the development of the land.
