Dead or Alive
Webs and Chains
Cause & Effect
Yo, It's Prehistoric
Compare That Structure
I Got It From My Mama...Maybe?
100
A rock is considered
What is abiotic?
100
This type of organism breaks down other dead organisms in order to obtain energy
What is a decomposer?
100
This would likely happen to the bird population in an area if all the trees were cut down
The birds would move to find new shelter OR the bird population would decrease.
100
Younger fossils are located here
What is the bottom layer of sediment?
100
Ducks has flaps of skin between the toes of their webbed feet. These flaps of skin between webbed toes allow ducks to survive in an environment that is –
What is aquatic?
100
A dog chasing a ball.
What is an instinctual behavior?
200
A lizard climbs on top of a rock to lay in the warm sunshine. This is an example of a...
What is a biotic --> abiotic interaction
200
This organism eats another to obtain energy
What is a consumer?
200
A large 6 lane highway was built through the middle of a densely wooded area. This would likely happen to the amount of habitats in that area
What is the amount of habitats in that area would decrease?
200
Older fossils are located here
What is the upper layers of sediment?
200
Birds have a variety of shapes and sizes of beaks for this reason.
What is their beaks differ based on their diet?
200
A kitten has orange fur.
What is an inherited trait?
300
In an ecosystem, rabbits depend on the grass as a source of energy. This would likely happen if a wild fire destroyed most of the grass...
What is the rabbits would move OR the rabbit population will decrease?
300
What is the role of the sun in a desert ecosystem food web?
It provides thermal energy for plants and animals
It provides light energy for plants.
It provides thermal energy for plants.
It provides light energy for plants and animals.
What is 2. It provides light energy for plants?
300
Fertilizers used on some farms near the coast can be carried to the ocean when runoff occurs during rain showers. There, fertilizers can decrease the populations of fish and shellfish. Which other populations most likely decrease as a result?
A. Organisms that eat algae
B. Organisms that live on farms
C. Organisms that eat shellfish and fish
D. All of these
What is C. Organisms that eat shellfish and fish?
300
Observe the dinosaur fossils below. Based on the shape of their limbs, these dinosaurs most likely lived in
What is #1 lived on land and #2 lived in the ocean
300
An anteater has a very long nose that is adapted to help them survive. They have poor eyesight, but have an excellent sense of smell that helps them detect their surroundings. An anteater's nose helps it meet its needs by -
What is its sense of smells helps it find insects to eat?
300
Which of these would not be an inherited trait of a plant?
A. The loose sandy soil where the seed was planted
B. The small size and growth low to the ground
C. The sharp spines at the tips of the leaves
D. The slow pace of growth that occurs in the plant
What is A. The loose sandy soil where the seed was planted?
400
Look at the lists below. Which ones lists an animal interacting with a biotic organism?
A hummingbird dips its beak inside a flower.
A lizard burrows into the sand to stay cool.
A cactus wren eats seeds from a cactus fruit.
A bear scratches its back against a tree.
A sea star clings to a rock in a tidal pool.
What is 1, 3, 4?
400
What is the role of the butterfly in a food web?
It is a pollinator that spreads pollen
It is a consumer because it uses other organisms for energy
It is a producer because it depends on plants for energy
It is a carnivore because it eats other organisms for energy
What is 2. It is a consumer because it uses other organisms for energy
400
Which of the following would harm an animal’s natural habitat?
A. Planting of wildflowers
B. Oil spills and trash in oceans
C. Scattering seeds for animals to eat
D. Building a freshwater pond
What is B. Oil spills and trash in oceans?
400
You found a fossil of a fish in your backyard. This conclusion can be made about what the area was like millions of years ago
What is the area used to be underwater?
400
A bird has a grooved beak for straining food from water and webbed toes for moving through water. This bird likely lives in this environment
What is a pond/aquatic environment?
400
A student raises a Labrador dog from the time the dog was two weeks old until he was two. Which of these behaviors did the dog most likely learn from the student?
A. Eating a bowl of dog food
B. Sleeping on its side or back
C. Barking when it sees a stranger
D. Rolling over and sitting on command
What is D. Rolling over and sitting on command?
500
Which organisms compete for the most similar resources?
What is Guadalupe Bass, Northern Mockingbird, Texas Horned Lizard, and Texas Toad?
500
The hawk obtains energy from
What is the rabbit, the mouse, and the snake?
500
Clearing a forest to build a shopping mall will most likely result in woodpeckers –
A. Nesting on roofs
B. Losing habitat
C. Laying more eggs
D. Flying slower
What is B. Losing habitat?
500
This information about extinct organisms would most likely not be learned from studying fossils?
Their size and bone structure
Their diet and other eating patterns
Sounds made by the extinct organism
Changes to the organisms over many years
What is sounds made by the organism?
500
Over many generations, animals have adapted to survive in certain ecosystems. The bison has large, flat teeth. This adaptation is helpful for living in the prairies of Texas for this reason.
What is to eat tough grass found in a prairie?
500
A bright-red male cardinal comes to a school bird feeder every morning. Like other cardinals, this bird makes a sharp chirping sound as it hops around the bird feeder. Which of these is a learned behavior of this bird?
A. Having red feathers
B. Eating seeds during the day
C. Coming to the bird feeder each morning
D. Making a chirp sound
What is C. Coming to the bird feeder each morning?