Animals that eat other animals are called:
- prey
- predators
- mammals
- producers
Animals that are eaten by other animals are called:
- prey
- predators
- consumers
- producers
Plants make their own food using the sun’s energy. Another name for plants is:
- consumers
- producers
- chlorophyll
- prey
Animals cannot make their own food and so must eat plants or other animals. This is why animals are also called:
- producers
- herbivores
- consumers
- primary consumers
Plants make their own food through:
- production
- consumption
- photosynthesis
- predation
What is a population?
- All the living things in an area
- All the living things of one kind in an area
- All the nonliving things in an area
- An animal's habitat
A community is...
- all the plants in an area
- all the living things in an area
- all the animals in an area
- all the nonliving things in an area
An ecosystem is:
- living things plus nonliving things like rocks, air, and water
- rocks, air, and water
- all living things in an area
- all the nonliving things in an area
Which is an example of an individual?
- A flock of pigeons.
- Squirrels in a park.
- An oak tree in the park.
- A class of students.
Where do ecosystems get their energy?
- From plants.
- From predators.
- From the air.
- From the sun.
What do you call an organism that get energy from wastes and dead things?
- A decomposer.
- A predator.
- A consumer.
- A producer.
What animal group do I belong to? I have scaly skin, I breathe air and have cold blood. I lay eggs.
- An insect.
- An amphibian.
- A reptile.
- A bird.
What animal group do I belong to? I have warm blood. I breathe air and do not lay eggs. I have fur and females make milk for their young.
- reptile
- mammal
- bird
- amphibian
What animal group do I belong to? I am cold-blooded and have scales. I can only breathe underwater. I lay eggs and do not live on land.
- mammal.
- reptile
- amphibian
- fish
What is the word for really big changes in an animal's life cycle?
- changes.
- metamorphosis
- caterpillar
- transformation
Sun - grass - mouse - snake - hawk:
What is this an example of?
- A food web
- A food chain.
- A food pyramid.
- A community.
What is a heritable trait?
- Something about an organism that can be passed on from parents to their young, like hair color.
- Something that can give energy to organisms.
- Something that happens to an animal during its life cycle.
- metamorphosis.
Two black cats with yellow eyes have kittens. The mother cat has a scar on her ear. What might the kittens look like?
- Black kittens with yellow eyes and a scar on their ears.
- White kittens with blue eyes and a scar on the ear.
- Black kittens with a scarred ear.
- Black kittens with yellow eyes and no scars.
What is the word for an animal sleeping through the winter?
- migration
- sleeping
- hibernation
- resting
Some birds fly south for the winter. What's the word for that?
- hibernation
- migration
- traveling
- relocation
What are some reasons that animals migrate?
- They are afraid of the winter.
- To find different kinds of habitats.
- To find food or water, or to escape the cold.
- Hunters come out in the winter.
A green lizard sits still on a green leaf, making it hard to see. This is called _____________________.
- hiding
- heritability
- survival
- camouflage
Which is the best example of adaptation to an environment?
- A dog having a litter of puppies.
- A wolf eating a deer.
- A rabbit changing its fur from brown to white when winter comes.
- A chipmunk hiding from predators.
sun - grass - grasshopper - frog - snake
In this food chain, what is the frog's role?
- The frog is a predator.
- The frog is prey.
- The frog is both predator AND prey.
- The frog is a decomposer
In the same food chain (sun - grass - grasshopper - frog - snake), what would happen to the frog population if the grass all died?
- The frog population would decrease
- The frog population would stay the same.
- The frog population would increase.
- The grasshopper population would decrease.