Misc.
Food Chains
This and That
Environments
Vocabulary
100
Why are decomposers important in a food chain?
What is they help return materials from dead things to the soil?
100
Which correctly shows the flow of energy in a desert food chain? A. sun, cactus, insect, lizard, hawk B. sun, insect, lizard, hawk, cactus C. hawk, lizard, insect, cactus, sun D. lizard, hawk, insect, cactus, sun
What is sun, cactus, insect, lizard, hawk?
100
A living thing that eats plants or animals
What is a consumer?
100
Dragonflies lay their eggs near standing fresh water. What would be a good environment for a dragonfly?
What is a pond?
100
The living things of the same kind that live in an environment
What is a population?
200
Each environment on Earth supports a community. What statement best describes a community?
What is all the different kinds of living things in an environment?
200
Maple tree, caterpillar, robin, mushroom Which word best describes the role of the maple tree?
What is a producer?
200
Areas of flat land covered with mostly grasses
What is a grassland?
200
Which of these living things would most likely be found in a fresh water environment? coral, whale, beaver, sea star
What is a beaver?
200
All the living things in an environment
What is a community?
300
You read a book about plants that live in the evergreen forest. Which plant did you most likely read about?
What is a pine tree?
300
sun, grass, zebra, lion, fungi What change would most likely cause the grassland's zebra population to change?
What is the number of lions goes down?
300
What kind of water contains very little salt?
What is fresh water?
300
Which of these animals would most likely be found on a grassland? ocelot, shark, prairie dog, kangaroo rat
What is a prairie dog?
300
The path by which energy is passed from one living thing to another
What is a food chain?
400
The source of energy for most living things
What is sunlight?
400
In the spring, a pond has this food chain. grass, goose, raccoon, hawk In the summer, the geese fly north and leave the pond. How does this most likely affect the food chain?
What is the raccoons will need to find something else to eat?
400
Land soaked with water and often covered in water
What is a wetland?
400
A population of whales would most likely be found in which type of environment?
What is salt water?
400
A living thing that makes its own food
What is a producer?
500
A type of decomposer that breaks down dead wood or tree bark
What is fungi?
500
sun, algae, snail, duck Describe what would most likely happen to the populations of the other living things in the food chain if the snails disappeared.
What is the population of algae would increase and the population of ducks would decrease?
500
A wetland where trees grow
What is a swamp?
500
What animal is most likely to be found in a wetland community? coral, bison, fiddler crab, scarlet macaw
What is a fiddler crab?
500
A living thing that breaks down dead things and the waste of living things
What is a decomposer?
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