Organisms and Environments Review

Which of the following is represented in the diagram

below?

A. Transfer of energyB. Changing of a phaseC. Evaporation of waterD. Reflection of light

What happens to plants during a drought?A. They turn brown and die because it

doesn’t have enough waterB. They move to a place with more waterC. They are healthy because it can make its

own waterD. They are healthy because it doesn’t need

water

Animals survive BEST in an ecosystem that provides:A. Shelter and spaceB. Protection and airC. Food and waterD. All of the above

A fire destroys all of the trees and plants in a forest. How might this affect the birds in the area?

A. The birds will have more food to eat.B. The birds will have no place to build their

nests.C. The birds will plant seeds and grow trees.D. The birds are not affected.

Skunks eat insects, bird eggs and fruit. Which group

do skunks belong to?A. CarnivoreB. HerbivoreC. OmnivoreD. Producer

Which of the following are changes to an environment that might help an animal thrive (do well)?

A. More predators (hunters) moving into the area where the animal live

B. Slightly less rainfall during the spring and a small drop in temperature

C. A decrease (less) in the number of animals that compete (want) the same food

D. A decrease (less) in the population of the kinds of plants the animal eats

What is most likely the FIRST thing to result from

removing all the insects from the food chain

pictured here?

A. The snake would run out of foodB. The plants would increase in numberC. The hawks would fly to a different areaD. The insects would swarm in trees.

In which habitat would a platypus most likely be found?

A. WB. XC. YD. Z

What happens when a frog eats a fly?

A. some energy moves from the producer to the consumer

B. some energy moves from the predator to prey

C. some energy moves from the prey to the predator

D. some energy moves consumer to the producer

A forest with trees and grass is a good habitat for a -A. whaleB. deerC. sharkD. fish

Which plant can be found in 2 ecosystems?A. treeB. shrubC. mossesD. algae

Which of the following is a false statement?A. Animals cannot

survive in a desert ecosystem

B. Fish live best in a pond

C. Cactus grows best in the desert

D. Plants and animals live in all three ecosystems

The characteristic of an ocean environment that makes it different from environments like a forest or desert is that an ocean has -

A. Plants that depend on sunshineB. Animals that eat other animalsC. Large amounts of salt waterD. Plenty of trees growing together

Which organism in this food chain is a

producer?

A. plantB. beetleC. hawkD. catfish

Which of the following correctly shows how energy moves

through a food chain?

A. Carnivores producers herbivoresB. Sun producers herbivores carnivoresC. Sun herbivores carnivores producersD. Producers carnivores herbivores

Draining all the water from a pond will most likely result in frogs-A. Living in the oceanB. Losing their habitatC. Laying more eggsD. Hopping more slowly

Based on the food chain that is illustrated below, what effect would be

most likely as a direct result of increasing the number of fish?

A. Beetles would have trouble finding food.

B. There would be more kinds of plants.C. The population of beetles would

decrease.D. Plants would no longer survive in this

habitat.

How would a forest fire most likely help some organisms? A forest fire could help-

A. Seeds by clearing space for them to growB. Birds by making insects leave the forestC. Flowers by adding smoke to the airD. Squirrels by getting rid of many trees

People have introduced trout into rivers. How do the trout cause problems

for frogs? A. The trout carry diseases that spread

through the water to the frogs.B. The trout eat eggs and tadpoles, so

frogs cannot grow and survive.C. The trout pollute the water, which

causes frogs to get sick and die.D. The trout block sound so frogs cannot

communicate with each other.

Which animal in the food chain is an herbivore and

eats only plants?

A. grasshopperB. foxC. hedgehogD. wolf

Living organisms and their nonliving surroundings are parts of -A. A life cycleB. An ecosystemC. A T-chartD. A natural resource