Test 6 Study Guide

Question 1

A green plant is able to make food because it has _______________.

Answer 1

chlorophyll

Question 2

The clownfish and the sea anemone benefit from each other in a _________________ relationship.

Answer 2

symbiotic

Question 3

The ___________ is the part of the seed that is the new plant.

Answer 3

embryo

Question 4

The largest group of arthropods is ___________.

Answer 4

insects

Question 5

A ____________ is the natural home of a plant or animal.

Answer 5

habitat

Question 6

Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are ______-blooded vertebrate classes.

Answer 6

cold

Question 7

A __________ is a triangular landform at the mouth of a river.

Answer 7

delta

Question 8

A temperate forest grows in climates having ________ seasons.

Answer 8

four

Question 9

The growth stages of complete metamorphosis are egg, __________, pupa, and adult.

Answer 9

larva

Question 10

A sunflower is an example of a _________________ flower.

Answer 10

composite

Question 11

In a forest, the ______________ acts like an umbrella.

Answer 11

canopy

Question 12

outside skeleton

Answer 12

exoskeleton

Question 13

land covered with water for at least part of the year

Answer 13

wetland

Question 14

active during the night

Answer 14

nocturnal

Question 15

force that keeps a bird in the air

Answer 15

lift

Question 16

movement from one place to another with the change of seasons

Answer 16

migration

Question 17

treeless land because of permafrost

Answer 17

tundra

Question 18

tree that produces seeds in cones instead of flowers

Answer 18

conifer

Question 19

deepest places of the ocean

Answer 19

trenches

Question 20

invertebrate with jointed legs

Answer 20

arthropod

Question 21

tree having flat, broad leaves and produces seeds in fruit

Answer 21

broadleaf

Question 22

deep winter sleep to conserve energy

Answer 22

hibernation

Question 23

The process of _________ is to move pollen from a stamen to the pistil of a flower.

Answer 23

pollination

Question 24

An ostrich was designed to ______ quickly, using its two-toed design.

Answer 24

run

Question 25

Sunlight, soil. and air are examples of ________ parts of an ecosystem.

Answer 25

nonliving

Question 26

A flamingo’s long legs were designed to wade in ________.

Answer 26

water

Question 27

A __________ has the highest biodiversity of any land habitat.

Answer 27

rainforest

Question 28

Moss and ferns grow from ____________.

Answer 28

spores

Question 29

The ___________ of an apex predator is to eat the extra plant-eating consumers in an ecosystem.

Answer 29

niche

Question 30

The gas given off during photosynthesis is _____________.

Answer 30

oxygen

Question 31

A _______________ is an animal that eats other animals that have already died.

Answer 31

scavenger

Question 32

Organisms, such as plants, animals. and fungi are examples of _______________ parts of an ecosystem.

Answer 32

living

Question 33

A _______________ is an organism that is able to make its own food using sunlight energy.

Answer 33

producer

Question 34

An _____________ is a piece of ice that has broken from a glacier.

Answer 34

iceberg

Question 35

Be able to label the four ocean zones, (See science book)

Answer 35

1) sunlight zone
2) twilight zone
3) midnight zone
4) abyss