1. Fifth Grade Life Science Review
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Fifth Grade Life Science Review

2. Ecosystems Interactions and Changes
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Carbon Dioxide - Oygen
Ecosystems Interactions and Changes
Inherited and Learned
Food Webs
Adaptations
Metamorphosis
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3. Animals and plants use substances that cycle through the environment
Animals and plants use substances that cycle through the environment. Which substance is needed by plants to survive and is released into the environment by animals?
A 100

4. Carbon dioxide
A 100

5. Many types of plants grow in a forest ecosystem
Many types of plants grow in a forest ecosystem. How do plants affect the air that forest animals breathe?
A 200

6. Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the air.

7. What gas do plants use to make food during photosynthesis?

8. Carbon dioxide
A 300

9. In relationship to the carbon dioxide – oxygen cycle, name two ways that cows and humans are alike.

10. They both release oxygen and take in carbon dioxide.

11. What is the relationship between plants and animals in the carbon dioxide – oxygen cycle?

12. Plants release oxygen during photosynthesis which animals use
Plants release oxygen during photosynthesis which animals use. Animals breathe in oxygen and release carbon dioxide which plant use.
A 500

13. What do food chains and food webs show?

14. The transfer of energy in an ecosystem
B 100

15. What role do raccoons play in this food web?
(prey, producer, consumer, or decomposer)
B 200

16. Consumers
B 200

17. Name a possible prairie food chain.

18. Grasses or wildflowers  Grasshopper  Sparrow
Possible Food Chains
Grasses or wildflowers  Grasshopper  Sparrow or
Grasses or wildflowers  Prairie Dog  Badger or
Grasses or wildflowers  Rabbit  Coyote
B 300

19. What change would most likely occur if all of the herbivores were removed?

20. The fox and owl populations would have to move or die off.
The grasses in the area would overgrow.
B 400

21. Name a type of decomposer and explain its job in an ecosystem.

22. Worms, bacteria and fungi are decomposers
Worms, bacteria and fungi are decomposers. Their job is to decompose dead plants and animals and return their nutrients to the soil so the nutrients can be used to grow new plants.
B 500

23. A. By competing with other animals for food
These wild hogs eat many different kinds of foods, including plants, fungi, and insects. Besides being very destructive to the habitats of other animals, how do wild hogs most likely harm other animals?
A. By competing with other animals for food
B. By moving slower than most other animals
C. By causing other animals to reproduce more
D. By eating foods that no other animals eat
C 100

24. A. By competing with other animals for food

25. How do these actions most benefit plants?
Some beetles break down the remains of dead animals. Some mushrooms break down the remains of dead trees.
How do these actions most benefit plants?
C 200

26. By returning nutrients to the soil
C 200

27. Kudzu is a fast-growing
Asian vine that was introduced into the United States. Kudzu quickly uses available
resources and can completely cover the plants in an area. What effect does the rapid growth of kudzu most likely have on an ecosystem?
C 300

28. The variety of native plants decreases.

29. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
Place A Wager
C 400

30. In fall and winter many trees lose their leaves in response
to cooler temperatures
and ______________.
C 400

31. fewer hours of daylight
C 400

32. Name 3 ways humans have a negative impact on ecosystems.
Name a way humans have a positive impact on ecosystems.
C 500

33. Possible Answers:
Negative: building shopping malls, cutting down forests to use the wood to build things, overhunting, pollution, etc.
Positive: protecting areas where sea turtles lay their eggs, making laws to protect habitats and/or animals, etc.
C 500

34. F. Large flowers and sweet fruit G. Sweet fruit and sharp spines
Which two traits best help a cactus conserve water in the dry conditions of a West Texas desert ecosystem?
F. Large flowers and sweet fruit
G. Sweet fruit and sharp spines
H. Sharp spines and waxy stems
J. Waxy stems and large flowers
D 100

35. H. Sharp spines and waxy stems

36. Eagles catch fish in rivers with their talons
Eagles catch fish in rivers with their talons. They fly with the fish to a tree branch and tear the fish into small pieces. Which bird most likely catches and eats its food the way an eagle does?
D 200

37. Bird G
D 200

38. Both of these animals use their tails primarily for —
Most kangaroos have large, heavy tails, while spider monkeys have long, thin tails. Kangaroo tails are useful when the kangaroos are hopping and also when they are
crawling around on the ground to feed. Spider monkey tails are useful when the spider monkeys are moving through trees.
Both of these animals use their tails primarily for —
F. grabbing and holding their food
G. supporting and balancing their body
H. attracting the attention of other animals
J. carrying their young
D 300

39. G. supporting and balancing their body

40. D 400

41. A. To attract bees for pollination
D 400

42. D 500

43. B. birds
D 500

44. What are the stages of complete metamorphosis?

45. EGG --> LARVA --> PUPA --> ADULT

46. They usually have a worm-like shape
They usually have a worm-like shape. Another name for caterpillars, maggots, and grubs.
E 200

47. Larva
E 200

48. Looks like small adults, but usually don't have wings

49. Nymph
E 300

50. Name two ways that complete and incomplete metamorphosis are alike.

51. Possible Answers: they both occur in insects, they both start with an egg, they both end with an adult, they both describe life cycles of insects
E 400

52. Name two ways the complete and incomplete metamorphosis are different.

53. Possible Answers:
In complete metamorphosis the young organism looks very different than the adult, but in incomplete metamorphosis the young organism looks similar to the adult.
In complete metamorphosis there is a larva and pupa stage, incomplete metamorphosis does not have these stages.
E 500

54. A. The size of the milkweed leaves that the caterpillars eat
Which of these is an inherited trait of monarch butterfly caterpillars?
A. The size of the milkweed leaves that the
caterpillars eat
B. The ability of the caterpillars to eat toxic
leaves without being harmed
C. The number of milkweed leaves the
caterpillars eat each day
D. The number of leaves on the milkweed
plants that the caterpillars visit each
summer
F 100

55. B. The ability of the caterpillars to eat toxic leaves without being
harmed
F 100

56. Which of these is a learned behavior of a dog?
F. Begging for food
G. Drinking water
H. Panting on a hot day
J. Chewing on a bone
F 200

57. F. Begging for food
F 200

58. A. The average distance it travels each day
Which of these is a trait that a crayfish most likely inherits from its parents?
A. The average distance it travels each day
B. The number of legs it has
C. The amount of food it eats each day
D. The type of plants in its habitat
F 300

59. B. The number of legs it has

60. Which are examples of inherited traits?
A. specific beliefs
B. fingerprints
C. memories
D. nose shape
F 400

61. D. nose shape
F 400

62. Why do dogs have most of the characteristics of their parents?
A. They inherit them from their parents.
B. They live in the same habitats as their
parents.
C. They learn them by observing their
D. They eat the same foods as their
F 500

63. A. They inherit them from their parents.

64. Thank You for Playing Jeopardy!