observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements
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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?
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By decreasing the population of herbivores
By releasing oxygen into the air
By returning nutrients to the soil
By making space for new animals
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Some facts about a bird called the painted redstart are listed in the box shown below. Which fact best describes one way this bird changes its environment to meet its needs?
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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?
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5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
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Some facts about a bird called the painted redstart are listed in the box shown below. Which fact best describes one way this bird changes its environment to meet its needs?
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5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
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In fall and winter many trees lose their leaves in response to cooler temperatures and —
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5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
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A prickly pear cactus is shown below. The roots of the prickly pear cactus spread out in a wide underground network. How does this type of root system benefit a prickly pear cactus?
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5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
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Some facts about birds called cattle egrets are listed below. Which of these facts best describes how these birds depend on other animals to survive?
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5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
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The table below lists ways that four organisms obtain energy. Which organism obtains energy without depending on another organism?
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The table below lists the preferred diet of several types of birds. Based on this information, which two types of birds do not compete for food resources?
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5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
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A student observes the following activities while walking in a park. Which of these living organisms was interacting with another living organism in the environment?
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5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
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A student observing birds in a park records some ways that birds interact with living and nonliving parts of their environment. All the following observations are ways that a bird interacts with nonliving parts of its environment except —
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5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
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Tropical climates have warm temperatures and abundant sunlight all year. What must be available for plants in these climates to make their own food throughout the year?
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A farmer is reading a nature guide to learn how to make changes to a pond so that it will attract and support wildlife. The guide gives the suggestions listed below. Which suggestion involves interactions between two groups of living organisms?
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Green anole lizards are bright-green reptiles native to the southeastern United States and the Caribbean islands. They can be kept in terrariums to study their behavior and how they interact with their environment.Which observation describes this anole lizard interacting with the living elements in its environment?
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Many gardeners use red worms like the ones shown in the photograph to turn vegetable and fruit scraps into topsoil for plants. The gardeners build a worm farm in a large container lined with old newspapers and filled with moist garden soil. The worms eat about half their body weight daily and produce waste that can be used as plant fertilizer. The container for a worm farm needs to have a lid, but the lid must be left partially open because worms require which of the following in order to survive?
