Vocabulary
Define
Questions
Questions
Word problems
100
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
100
Define ecosystem.
What is a biological community of organisms together with their habitat?
100
What are two main sources of energy for living things?
The sun and food.
100
What sort of living thing can connect the top of the food chain back to the bottom when a top predator dies?
A decomposer.
100
Mykell places tulips on the table. Two-tenths are yellow, three tenths are purple and some are pink. What fraction of the tulips are pink?
5/10
200
An organism in a food chain that breaks down organic matter.
What is a decomposer?
200
Define population.
What is all animals of one species in a particular area?
200
What is the main difference between a producer and a consumer?
A producer makes its own food, but a consumer must get food from other living things.
200
Fill in the blank. An owl is a predator so a mouse is _____________.
What is prey?
200
Aidan collects sports cards. He has six baseball cards, three football cards, four hockey cards, and three basketball cards. What fraction of his sports cards are either hockey cards or baseball cards?
10/16 or 5/8
300
An animal that eats dead animals.
What is a scavenger?
300
Define herbivore.
What is an animal that eats only plants?
300
Fill in the blank. Plants use ________________ to turn sunlight, air, water and nutrients into food energy.
What is photosynthesis?
300
Why do animals have adaptations?
They have adaptions because their is competition for same food sources, ecosystems change and special body parts are needed for survival.
300
Elizabeth bought 8/9 of a pound of chocolates and ate 1/3 of a pound. How much was left?
5/9
400
A living thing.
What is an organism?
400
Host.
What is an organism off of which a parasite feeds?
400
Place the group of living things in the correct sequence. deer, wolf, leaves
What is leaves-wolf-deer?
400
Place the following changes in three lists. Natural changes, human changes and both. volcano, pesticide, cutting forests, spill, fire, earthquake, pollution
Natural: earthquake, volcano Human: pesticide, oil spill Both: cutting forests, fire, disease, pollution
400
Toby bought a board that was 7/8 of a yard long. He cut off 1/2 of a yard. How much was left?
3/8
500
A struggle between organisms of the same or different species in a particular area.
What is a competition?
500
Consumer.
What is a organism in a food chain that eats other organisms, especially live ones?
500
If most of the rabbits on an island became sick and died, what would likely happen to the population of foxes on the island?
The population of foxes would decrease.
500
Create a food chain for your community.
Example: grass, rabbit, fox
500
Casey walked 3/4 of a mile before lunch and 1/2 of a mile after lunch. How far did she walk in all?
5/4 or 1 1/4