5.9A- Interdependency
5.9B- Food Webs
5.9C- Environmental Changes
5.9D- Carbon-Dioxide and Oxygen Cycle
STAAR Questions
100
This means all of the living and non-living things and all of their interactions in an area.
Ecosystem
100
This vocabulary word means a path of energy transfer from one organism to another.
Food Chain
100
This vocabulary word means the space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism.
Environment
100
This means the movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen on Earth by the processes of respiration and photosynthesis.
Carbon Dioxide - Oxygen Cycle
100
Some beetles break down the remains of dead animals. Some mushrooms break down the remains of dead trees. How do these actions most benefit plants? A By returning nutrients to the soil B By releasing oxygen into the air C By making space for new animals D By decreasing the population of herbivores
A By returning nutrients to the soil
200
This is characterized by having a metabolism and the ability to maintain life processes.
Living
200
This vocabulary word means an interconnected set of food chains.
Food Web
200
This vocabulary word means direct effect or change.
Impact
200
This is a waste product produced by plants during photosynthesis that animals use for respiration.
Oxygen
200
In a food chain, energy does NOT flow directly from- F producer to decomposer G producer to consumer H consumer to decomposer J consumer to producer
J consumer to producer
300
This vocabulary word means a part of the ecosystem that is not living, such as sunlight, air (includes oxygen and carbon dioxide), water, rocks, and soil.
Non Living
300
This vocabulary word means an organism that hunts and feeds on another organism.
Predator
300
This vocabulary word means the maximum population size that can be sustained by a given environment.
Carrying Capacity
300
This is a gas produced by cells during respiration; used in photosynthesis to produce sugars.
Carbon Dioxide
300
These wild hogs eat many different kinds of foods, including plants, fungi, and insects. Besides being very destructive to the habitats of other animals, how do wild hogs most likely harm other animals. A By competing with other animals for food B By moving slower than most other animals C By causing other animals to reproduce more D By eating foods that no other animals eat
A By competing with other animals for food
400
This vocabulary word means single, self-contained living thing.
Organism
400
This vocabulary word means an animal that is hunted as food.
Prey
400
This vocabulary word means all of the interacting members of the same species in an area.
Population
400
This is a process by which animals use oxygen and food to make energy and carbon dioxide.
Respiration
400
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? A Oxygen B Sugar C Salt D Carbon Dioxide
D Carbon Dioxide
500
This vocabulary word means an inherited characteristic that provides a specific advantage to individuals that have it and becomes more common or pronounced in a population because of the advantage that it provides.
Adaptation
500
A type of organism is missing from the food chain shown below. _____ --> Grasshopper -->Frog --> Great Blue Herons Which statement about the type of organism that correctly completes this food chain is NOT true? A It produces its own food. B It is unable to move from one place to another C It gets its energy from the sun D It breaks down nutrients from decaying organisms
D It breaks down nutrients from decaying organisms
500
This vocabulary word means an increase in the number of individuals of a given species over what its ecosystem can sustain, often with both direct and indirect effects on other organisms in the ecosystem.
Overpopulation
500
This is the process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce sugar and release oxygen.
Photosynthesis
500
What would most likely happen to the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle if Earth's large forests were all cut down? F There would be more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because fewer plants would be using it to produce their own food. G The remaining plants would stop producing carbon dioxide, and animals would use less oxygen. H. The remaining plants would produce more oxygen, and animals would produce less carbon dioxide. J There would be more oxygen in the atmosphere because few plants would be using it to produce their own food.
F There would be more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because fewer plants would be using it to produce their own food.
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