Weather is the conditions around us such as sunshine, rain, wind and temperature. Which of the following best describes what weather is?
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Question 2
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The cactus finch is a small bird that eats insects off cactus plants on the Galapagos Islands. A disease suddenly kills off most of the cactus plants on the islands.
Which of these would most likely happen to the carrying capacity of cactus finches on the island?
(Reminder: Carrying capacity is the maximum population size that can be supported by the ecosystem.)
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Question 3
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My uncle and I are traveling to the desert and we have heard that there is an increase in the following resources: food and water.
How will this increase of food and water impact the population sizes of organisms that live there?
ECOSYSTEM ORGANIZATION:
Use the images below to properly label each level of an ecosystems organization in Questions 4 - 7.
Make sure that you look at the image that goes along with the question you are reading.
Work bank:
-Population
-Community
-Ecosystem
-Organism
Use each word in the word bank ONLY ONCE!
(HINT: look at the words in each picture, they tell you what is being shown for each image.)
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Question 4
4.
What level of organization is this picture representing? How do you know?
Sentence Frame:
The level that is being represented is...
I know this because
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Question 5
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What level of organization is being shown in this image?
Sentence Frame:
The level of organization that is being shown is...
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Question 6
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What level of organization is this image showing? How do you know?
Sentence Frame:
The level of organization that is being shown is...
I know this because...
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Question 7
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What level of organization is this picture representing?
Sentence Frame:
The level that is being represented is...
ENERGY FLOW:
Use the food web image below to answer questions 8 - 12.
You can click on the image to make it larger.
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Question 8
8.
What are the names of the producers in this food web?
Sentence Frame:
The producers are...
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Question 9
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Which of these organisms would be considered herbivores?
Name at least 3.
Sentence Frame:
The ___________, __________, and ___________ are herbivores.
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Question 10
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How did you know that those organisms in Question #9 were herbivores?
Sentence Frame:
I knew which ones were herbivores because..
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Question 11
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True or False:
Carnivores are organisms that eat other animals (meat).
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Question 12
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Based on this food web, which of these organisms are carnivores? (Name at least three)
Sentence Frame:
The carnivores are....
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Question 13
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Food chains and food webs are models that show how energy moves through an ecosystem.
What is the initial (first) source of energy that is necessary for all food webs?
Sentence Frame:
The initial source of energy in all food webs is....
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Question 14
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Life on earth, as we know it, could not be possible without producers.
Why do you think that producers are so very important to all life on earth?
