Topic: 5.9-5.10 Organisms and Environments (1)
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 5
Science (2010)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Some beetles break down the remains of dead animals. Some mushrooms break down the remains of dead trees. How do these actions most benefit plants?By decreasing the population of herbivoresBy releasing oxygen into the airBy returning nutrients to the soilBy making space for new animals60s5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
- Q2The food web below represents organisms in a field. What role do raccoons play in this food web?ConsumerProducerDecomposerPrey60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q3Fox squirrels live in the trees of city parks throughout Texas. Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of the trees. Fox squirrels are often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors. For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior?Having sharp clawsBuilding a nest each springHaving a long, bushy tailTaking food from people60s5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q4A scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clamshells. Which of these investigations would best help the scientist determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior?Determining what sizes and kinds of rocks are used most often by sea ottersRaising young sea otters away from adult otters that use rocks and observing whether the young otters use rocksObserving families of sea otters over time to see whether adults that use rocks have offspring that use rocksDetermining whether shellfish are an important food source in the diet of sea otters60s5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q5Which two traits best help a cactus conserve water in the dry conditions of a West Texas desert ecosystem?Large flowers and sweet fruitSharp spines and waxy stemsWaxy stems and large flowersSweet fruit and sharp spines60s5.10.A: Organisms and Environments
- Q6Some 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?Fact 2Fact 1Fact 3Fact 460s5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
- Q7The diets of several types of prairie animals are described in the table below. Which of the following prairie food chains is in the correct order?Eagles →prairie dogs→ coyotesWildflowers →badgers→ grasshoppersGrasses→ prairie dogs→ badgersSparrows →seeds →insects60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q8In fall and winter many trees lose their leaves in response to cooler temperatures and —a decrease in average wind speedmore direct sunlightan increase in humidityfewer hours of daylight60s5.9.A: Organisms and Environments
- Q9The stages in the development of an insect are shown below. Which observation best supports the conclusion that this insect undergoes incomplete metamorphosis?The insect undergoes more than four stages in its development.The first stage of the insect’s development is as an egg.The insect has similar body parts throughout its development.The insect changes color when it becomes an adult.60s5.10.C: Organisms and Environments
- Q10The picture below shows a type of plant called kudzu. 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?The water supply in the area increases.The number of other plants increases.The variety of native plants decreases.Weather patterns in the area change.60s5.9.C: Organisms and Environments
- Q11Crayfish live in water and often hide under rocks or plants. They come out to look for food and will eat both plants and animals. Which of these is a trait that a crayfish most likely inherits from its parents?The number of legs it hasThe amount of food it eats each dayThe average distance it travels each dayThe type of plants in its habitat60s5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q12Many types of plants grow in a forest ecosystem. How do plants affect the air that forest animals breathe?Plants release energy from the sun into the airPlants use oxygen from the air to make food.Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the airPlants release pollution into the air.60s5.9.D: Organisms and Environments
- Q13Eagles 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?#texas/aed34c4e-1b55-4c42-b554-009919c319a4/C.png#texas/aed34c4e-1b55-4c42-b554-009919c319a4/B.png#texas/aed34c4e-1b55-4c42-b554-009919c319a4/A.png#texas/aed34c4e-1b55-4c42-b554-009919c319a4/D.png60s5.10.A: Organisms and Environments
- Q14The caterpillars of monarch butterflies eat milkweed leaves. Milkweed leaves contain sap that is toxic to many animals but not to monarch butterfly caterpillars. This sap makes the monarch butterfly caterpillars toxic to predators and protects them from being eaten. Which of these is an inherited trait of monarch butterfly caterpillars?The ability of the caterpillars to eat toxic leaves without being harmedThe number of leaves on the milkweed plants that the caterpillars visit each summerThe number of milkweed leaves the caterpillars eat each dayThe size of the milkweed leaves that the caterpillars eat60s5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q15Animals 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?OxygenSaltCarbon dioxideSugar60s5.9.D: Organisms and Environments
