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Organism and Environments Review

Organism and Environments Review

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Science

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5th Grade

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16 Slides • 71 Questions

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Organisms and Environments Review

5th Grade

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Watch the videos provided and answer the questions after each one.

  • You may pause the video to take notes (or write questions to ask your teacher) during the videos.

  • Remember that this is a review so be sure and ask your teacher the questions you wrote down after the videos.

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In the example from the video, what was at the top of the food chain?
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the sun
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grass
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a rabbit
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a hawk 

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Plants take the energy from the sun's rays and change it into _____
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light
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water
3
chemical energy
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plants

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All of the energy that's in a food chain starts with _____
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decomposers
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plants
3
animals
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the sun

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A system of living things and their environment is called _____
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an ecosystem
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a food chain
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a habitat
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a neighborhood

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A self-contained collection of different things that all work together as a whole is called _____
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a system
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a habitat
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a food chain
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a neighborhood

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What is the scientific name for the area in which plants and animals live?
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a habitat
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an ecosystem
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a neighborhood
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a food chain

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A food chain is a model that shows how energy flows between _____
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plants and bugs
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living things
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Earth's spheres
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bears and monsters

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Which animal is often said to be at the "top of the food chain"?
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raccoons
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bugs
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hawks
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humans

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The flow of energy between living things is often described as _____
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the water cycle
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a food chain
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the carbon cycle
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an ecosystem

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The power needed to do work, such as staying alive, is called _____
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food
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energy
3
food chains
4
pizza

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Losing the decomposers in a food chain would completely mess up ___
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the Lion King movie
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a clean desk
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the nice balance
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the garbage

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Which organisms keep waste from piling up in an ecosystem?
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decomposers
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plants
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mice
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owls

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In an ecosystem, decomposers break down ___
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nutrients
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waste
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insects
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worms

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Chemicals go into the ground and are taken up by ___
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the sun
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plants
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decomposers
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animals

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Decomposers break waste down into ___
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bacteria and some fungi
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nutrients and other chemicals
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plants and trees
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insects and worms

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Where do decomposers fit in a food chain?
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at the beginning
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at the end
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in the middle
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any time there's waste

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The food chain example, from the video, had energy flowing from the mouse to the ___
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tree
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raccoon
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apple
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owl

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Energy flows through a system of living things in a "what eats what" model called ___
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the carbon cycle
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a food chain
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the water cycle
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an energy line

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Organisms, like bacteria, insects and worms, that break down waste are called ___
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carnivores
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herbivores
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decomposers
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omnivores

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For lots of different living things, waste is actually a good source of ___ 
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shelter
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energy
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water
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life

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What are the main decomposers in arctic climates?
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bugs
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earthworms
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fungi
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bacteria

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Really small creatures that eat phytoplankton are called ___
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fish
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zooplankton 
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krill
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beluga whales

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The tiny plants in arctic seawater, that convert energy from the sun, are called ___
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phytoplankton
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zooplankton
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fungi
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bacteria

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Insects, fungi, and bacteria that break down waste matter are called ___
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plants
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decomposers
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animals
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habitats

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Trees, grass, and other plants change energy from the sun into ___
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salt
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sugar
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oil
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protein

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A big tangled system that includes every plant and animal in a habitat is called ___
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a food web
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a food chain
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an energy pyramid
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a habitat

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How many food chains is a polar bear part of?
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one food chain
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two food chains
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three food chains
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multiple food chains

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A model to describe the flow of energy between living things is called ___
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a space to live
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an ecosystem
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a habitat
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a food chain

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Food, water, shelter, and space to live are all part of a ___
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food chain
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home
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habitat
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Crash Course video

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The place where a plant or animal normally lives and grows is called ___
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a garden
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a home
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a habitat
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a territory

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Why was the polar bear in the desert so miserable?

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he missed his sunglasses

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he wasn't where he belonged

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he didn't have swim trunks

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he was scratched by a cactus

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Why was the polar bear in the desert so miserable?
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he missed his sunglasses
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he wasn't where he belonged
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he didn't have swim trunks
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he was scratched by a cactus

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The good news is that ecosystems tend to be ___
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in decline
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out of balance
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delicate
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in balance

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In every ___, the plants and animals are connected.
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ecosystem
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organization
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entanglement
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spider web

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In the example, none of the animals had enough to eat, all because of the loss of ___
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one species
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two species
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three species
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several species

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Frogs eat ___
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bats
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insects
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spider monkeys
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strangler figs

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Leopards dine on ___
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figs and spider monkeys
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sloths and strangler figs
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sloths and spider monkeys
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ants and bats

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What is distributed by spider monkeys as they travel throughout the forest?
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whole fruit
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fruit seeds 
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dried leaves
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insects

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Spider monkeys eat mostly ___
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leaves
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toucans
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nuts
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fruit

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The things in an ecosystem are all ___
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separate
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connected
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scattered
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unrelated

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A habitat is home to a tangle of food chains called ___

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a nutrient hub

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an energy chain

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a food web

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the carbon cycle

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A habitat is home to a tangle of food chains called ___

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a nutrient hub

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an energy chain

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a food web

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the carbon cycle

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New York City is an extreme example of human's ability to ___

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change an environment

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change their mind

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build farms and fortifications

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clear space for crops

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After a couple hundred years, the wilderness of New York became paved with over ___
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96 kilometers of streets
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960 kilometers of streets
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9,600 kilometers of streets
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96,000 kilometers of streets

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What kind of organism changes its environment?

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only plants

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only animals

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only humans

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everything that's alive

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The action of moving water from one place to another is called ___
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the natural environment
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irrigation
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the human environment
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natural resources

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Things that are taken from parts of the world and shaped by people are called ___ 
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the natural environment
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human intervention
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the human environment
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natural resources

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We usually refer to nature, the wild outdoors, as ___

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the human environment

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the natural environment

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our everyday environment

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resources

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Over the last 50 years, as pollution has decreased, the number of light colored moths ___
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has decreased
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has stabilized
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has flip-flopped
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has increased

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After the environment had been polluted for a long time, there were ___
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more dark moths than light ones
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more light moths than dark ones
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more dark birds than light ones
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more light birds than dark ones

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The peppered moth comes in two types: ___
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hairy and bald
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short and long
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large and small
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light and dark

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Plants make chemical energy through the process of ___
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respiration
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oxidation
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photosynthesis
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reduction

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About 300 million years ago, what condition caused many plants to become extinct?
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the climate became drier and cooler 
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the giant insects died out
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too much oxygen in the atmosphere
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the large animals became extinct

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About 360 million years ago, there were dragonflies that were the size of ___
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mosquitos
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small birds
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large birds
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airplanes

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About 360 million years ago, the Earth was much warmer, and the land was covered with ___
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hills and mountains
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forests and swamps
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rivers and streams
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glaciers and permafrost

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A characteristic that helps an organism live in its environment is called ___
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an alteration
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an adaptation
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a mutation
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a transformation

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A system of living things and their environment is called ___
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the geosphere
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an ecosystem
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the water cycle
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ecology

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The non-living conditions around a living thing are called its ___

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environment

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ecosystem

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food chain

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food web

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The non-living conditions around a living thing are called its ___

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environment

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ecosystem

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food chain

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food web

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What is the main gas that is trapping more heat close to the Earth, acting like a blanket?
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carbon dioxide
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oxygen
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nitrogen
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argon

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The layer of gases surrounding our planet is called ___
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the biosphere
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the atmosphere
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the hydrosphere
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the geosphere

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What adaptation do desert snakes have that helps them retain water?
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a moist tongue
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scales
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venom
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heat receptors

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Taking out the bottom of the food chain is like taking the wrong block in ___
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Jenga
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Tetris
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LEGO
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Lincoln Logs

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A model of how energy flows between living things in this ecosystem is called ___
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an energy cone
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a food chain
3
a power pyramid
4
a nutrition web

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When weather patterns change over a long period of time, we call it ___
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climate adaptation
2
weather change
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climate change
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weather adaptation

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The waxy and tough outer layer of a cactus helps it save ___
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time
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water
3
food
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its needles

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In Yuma, Arizona most of the days are ___
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cold and wet
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cold and dry
3
hot and wet
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hot and dry

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A characteristic that helps an organism live in its environment is called ___
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a configuration
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a mutation
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an adaptation
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a translation

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In Yuma, Arizona most of the days are ___
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cold and wet
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cold and dry
3
hot and wet
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hot and dry

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The condition of the atmosphere on different parts of the planet is called ___

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weather

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climate

3

geosphere

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humidity

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The condition of the atmosphere on different parts of the planet is called ___
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weather
2
climate
3
geosphere
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humidity

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