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WorksheetsBenchmark Review 1
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
During photosynthesis, plants produce oxygen and _________, which is also known as glucose.
Producers absolutely, positively have to have...
Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
Sunlight, water, and oxygen
Soil, carbon dioxide, and water
Planes, trains, and automobiles
Which part of the producer is responsible for absorbing the energy from the sun?
The roots
The leaves
The flower
In a food chain or food web, which kind of organism must get it's energy directly from the sun?
Decomposer
Consumer
Producer
Herbivore
What is an apex predator?
An organism that gets its energy from the sun
An organism that eats only plants
An organism that uses photosynthesis to make its own food
An organism that is a consumer that is not prey for another consumer
In a food web, both mice and frogs are eaten by snakes. If the snakes went extinct, what would most likely happen to the populations of both the mice and the frogs?
They would increase
They would decrease
Photosynthesis produces (a) for the producer.
Why are rotting/decaying leaves important in an ecosystem?
The leaves are used by other organisms for shelter
The leaves release carbon dioxide into the soil as they rot, which is useful to other producers
The leaves put useful nutrients into the soil as they rot, which is useful to other producers
A lizard dies and is buried under many layers of sediment. What might scientists find when they dig up the area later?
A hole where the lizard used to be
A fossil of lizard
A small house that was built by the lizard
What can scientists learn from fossils?
The total number of hurricanes that happened in the area in the past
How to build lizard houses
What the diet of an organism might have been
This fossil was found in a very dry, sandy area.
What information can this fossil give to us?
The area probably used to have more bodies of water, like rivers or lakes
Fish used to have feet and walk on land
This area used to be a very dense forest
Which example is similar to how a fossil can form?
A plant being watered in a garden
Wood being smoothed down by sandpaper
A star-shaped mold being pushed in to clay
Wax crayons melting in the sun
Which three situations could result in the formation of fossils?
A shell tumbles in ocean waves
An animal dies and is quickly covered in dirt
A dead fish is pressed between layers of sediment that turns into rock
A leaf is ripped apart by ants
An animal is trapped in the ice of a glacier
All of the following can become fossils except...
Bones
Shells
Teeth
Rocks
Which images show conditions that will most likely create a fossil?
1, 2, and 5
1, 3, and 4
2, 3, and 4
3, 4, and 5
What type of resources will we never run out of?
Renewable resources
Nonrenewable resources
What type of resources will we run out of eventually because they do not reform quickly enough?
Renewable resources
Nonrenewable resources
Please select all of the resources that are nonrenewable
Oil
Nuclear
Natural gas
Wind
Please select all of the resources that are nonrenewable
Coal
Water
Oil
All fossil fuels
Please select all of the resources that are renewable
Wind
Water
Bioenergy from plants
All fossil fuels
Please select all of the resources that are renewable
Solar
Nuclear
Hydroelectric
Geothermal
What is it called when humans do their best to use less of a resource or use it in a more efficient way so that it can be used for a longer period of time?
Conservation
Condensation
Perspiration
What part of the plant soaks up water for photosynthesis?
roots
leaf
petals
stem
TRUE or FALSE: Plants make their own food and use the energy from the food that is made.
True
False
What is the waste product of photosynthesis?
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Glucose
Chlorophyll
Where do the stem and leaves get their green color from?
glucose
carbon dioxide
oxygen
Chlorophyll
Decomposers get energy from...
the sun
eating plants
eating animals
dead things and waste
Arrows in a food web represent...
eating
sunlight
energy
matter
Invasive species alter the ecosystem by _____ in number quickly. This leads to _____ food for the native species.
increasing, less
increasing, more
decreasing, less
decreasing, more
Invasive species can have a major impact on the ecosystem.
TRUE
FALSE
Which type of fossil is is a dinosaur footprint?
Fossil record
Trace fossil
Mold fossil
Cast fossil
What is dissolved into mud that turns an organism's remains into rock?
Minerals
Vitamins
Bacteria
Water
How long does it take for a fossil to form?
Less than a year
A few years.
A few hundred years
Thousands to millions of years.
Whole fossilized animals are rare. What do paleontologists usually find?
Hair, teeth and bones
Shells, bones, and teeth
Shells, bones, and hair
Teeth, bones, and organs
Scientists study fossils to find out more about...
Changes in Earth's land
Changes in Earth's environment
Changes in living organisms that exist on Earth
All of the above
