Science Core competency 14 by Ratna Narayan

Competency 14:Organisms and the Environment:

ratnarayan — 2021-12-21 13:23:12 UTC

The teacher understands the relationships between organisms and the environment.
The beginning teacher:
A. Understands that organisms respond to internal or external stimuli and analyzes the role of internal and external stimuli in the behavior of organisms.
B. Understands relationships between organisms and the environment and describes ways that living organisms depend on each other and on the environment to meet their basic needs.
C. Identifies organisms, populations or species with similar needs and analyzes how they compete with one another for resources.
D. Analyzes the interrelationships and interdependence among producers, consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem (e.g., food webs, food chains, competition, predation).
E. Identifies factors that influence the size and growth of populations in an ecosystem.
F. Analyzes adaptive characteristics that result in a population's or species' unique niche in an ecosystem.
G. Knows how populations and species modify and affect ecosystems

1. From the Pearson Preparation Manual

ratnarayan — 2021-12-21 13:24:07 UTC

Which of the following is the relationship in which organism A benefits from living on or in the body of organism B but provides no benefit to organism B?

Parasitism
Predation
Competition
Mutualism

2013 Q 3

2022-01-27 18:28:01 UTC

Key words/vocabulary: bettles, dead animals, mushrooms, benefit plants

2015. Q17

2022-01-27 18:47:28 UTC

Key words/vocabulary: food webs, energy, organisms, ecosystem

2013 Q 8

2022-01-27 18:49:31 UTC

Key/vocab words: organisms, raccoons, food web

2013 Q 12

2022-01-27 19:13:23 UTC

Key/vocab words: investigation, cylinders, plants, soil

2013 Q 13

2022-01-27 19:15:32 UTC

Key words: squirrels, trees, learned behavior

2014 Q3

2022-01-27 19:31:16 UTC

Key Word/Vocab: butterflies, inherited

2014 Q5

2022-01-27 19:37:43 UTC

Key Words/Vocab: cycle, substance, environment, animals

2015. Question 21

2022-01-27 19:45:04 UTC

Key words/ vocabulary: compete, food resources, birds, diet

2014 Q9

2022-01-27 19:47:00 UTC

Key Words/Vocab: role, food chain, producers, consumers

2016 STAAR

2022-01-27 19:48:19 UTC

Answer: C Vocabulary: Region, Ecosystem

2014 Q11

2022-01-27 19:50:46 UTC

Key Words/Vocab: organisms, terrarium

2017 Question 12

2022-01-28 00:47:04 UTC

Key words/ Vocab: elements in its environment

2017. Question 24

2022-01-28 00:58:09 UTC

Answer: F

2017 Question 14

2022-01-28 01:02:10 UTC

Key words/ Vocab: order, fossil fuel

2018 Question 25

2022-01-28 01:08:54 UTC

Answer C
Keywords: survival / organisms

2021 Q 25

2022-01-28 01:22:37 UTC

answer: c

2018 Q.27

2022-01-28 01:31:32 UTC

Keyword / Vocab: food web / energy / producers

Zawng Man-Group 1. 2018-Q2

2022-01-28 01:35:45 UTC

Key Words: Dead plants and animals, body of water.

2021 Q 28

2022-01-28 01:44:33 UTC

answer: G

2017. Question 31

2022-01-28 01:48:56 UTC

Answer: C

2018 Q32

2022-01-28 01:55:11 UTC

Keyword / vocab: adaptations / structures

2021

2022-01-28 01:56:15 UTC

vocabulary term: species, related, predators
ANSWER: B

2017 Question 22

2022-01-28 01:56:29 UTC

Key words/ Vocab: food chain, energy, food sources

2019

2022-01-28 01:57:28 UTC

Answer: C

2017. Question 33

2022-01-28 01:57:57 UTC

Answer: A

2021 Q 30

2022-01-28 01:58:26 UTC

answer: J

Kimberly Mares-STAAR 2021

2022-01-30 04:50:32 UTC

Q19 Keywords: food chain, energy flows, food web

Kimberly Mares -STAAR 2021

2022-01-30 04:55:12 UTC

Q22 keywords: plants, animals, interacting, environment

STAAR 2021

2022-02-03 19:47:35 UTC

vocabulary words- ecosystem, interact

STAAR 2021

2022-02-03 20:45:16 UTC

vocabulary words- effect, habitats, ecosystem

STAAR 2021

2022-02-03 20:58:24 UTC

vocabulary - ecosystem, characteristics, precipitation

2016 STAAR

evelinmejia1 — 2022-02-10 19:43:44 UTC

Key words: carbon dioxide, oxygen, forest, cut down, atmosphere, produce Answer: F Morning group #3

Estela Cedillo- 2015 STAAR Grade 5

estelacedillo — 2022-02-10 19:50:14 UTC

Keywords: pollinate crop, several, observations. learned behavior, and bees
Answer: A

2013 #25

dyamiletchino — 2022-02-10 20:07:20 UTC

answer A
environment, changes, nest

Estela Cedillo-2015 STAAR Grade 5

estelacedillo — 2022-02-10 20:09:44 UTC

Keywords: whiskers, river otter, antennae, cockroach, benefit, organisms
Answer: A

2014

2022-02-10 20:12:26 UTC

Key words: Help, removed, area
Answer: A

STAAR 2015

2022-02-10 20:22:23 UTC

Key terms: bats, prey, sound, echo, flies, mechanical energy, & sound energy.
Morning group #3

STAAR 2015

2022-02-10 20:24:37 UTC

QN 37. Key terms: rain forest, frogs, reproduce, life cycle, & tadpoles.
Morning Group #3

Estela Cedillo- STAAR Grade 5

estelacedillo — 2022-02-10 20:39:33 UTC

Keywords: four, organisms, obtain, energy, depending, another, methods, oak tree, mushroom, cottontail rabbit, mountain lion, photosynthesis, absorbs, nutrients, decomposing, plants, animals, grasses, eats, twigs, bark, preys, deer, wild hogs, and rodents
Answer: A

Estela Cedillo- STAAR 2015 Grade 5

estelacedillo — 2022-02-10 20:59:23 UTC

Answer: A

2015. Q27

2022-02-10 21:21:13 UTC

Key words: organisms, interacting, environment
Morning group

STAAR 2014

2022-02-11 01:03:31 UTC

Question 37: Keywords: Food web, organisms, forest, producers, ecosystem, removed, increase, move away, population- Morning Group #3

2018 STAAR

2022-02-11 02:01:31 UTC

adaptations, structures

Monica Escalante-Q.4

monieescal — 2022-02-11 02:09:20 UTC

Keywords: surface, ecosystem

2021 Q33

2022-02-11 02:13:07 UTC

key vocabulary- ecosystem, snails, interact, survive

2019 Q 27

sromero43 — 2022-02-24 22:33:20 UTC

Key words Living parts, environment
Answer: B

2019 STAAR Q 31

sromero43 — 2022-02-24 22:54:13 UTC

Key Words: humans, otters, special flaps, survive
Answer: D

Christine 2021 q.30

christinej1718 — 2022-09-22 22:55:25 UTC

30 Students record characteristics of a tomato plant. One student’s list is shown. Tomato Plant Characteristics • Stems with branches that have many wide leaves • Roots growing out of lower stem into the ground • Small yellow flowers • Seven large red tomatoes • Four small green tomatoes Which tomato plant characteristic is least likely to be inherited? F Flower color G Leaf shape H Type of roots J Number of tomatoes
Answer: J
Key words: plant, characteristics, inherited

Christine 2021 q.30

christinej1718 — 2022-09-22 23:00:52 UTC

Key words: plant, characteristics, inherited

STAAR 2021 Question 22 Blanca Tovar

2022-09-22 23:51:55 UTC

22 The chart lists plants and animals interacting with parts of an environment.
1. A hummingbird dips its beak inside a flower.
2. A lizard burrows into the sand to stay cool.
3. A fish absorbs oxygen through its gills. 4. A cactus wren eats seeds from a cactus fruit.
5. A sea star clings to a rock in a tidal pool. 6. A bear scratches its back against a tree. Which statements describe an animal interacting with a living part of the environment?
F Statements 1, 4, and 6 only
G Statements 1, 3, and 5 only
H Statements 2, 5, and 6 only
J Statements 2, 3, and 4 only

Answer F
Key words: Animals, plants, interacting, environment, living part

Christine 2021 q. 35

christinej1718 — 2022-09-23 00:17:28 UTC

Key words: structures, species, territory, tail, claws, eyesight

Christine 2021 q.33

christinej1718 — 2022-09-23 00:24:54 UTC

Key words: ecosystem, interact, snails, survive

Steve Cipriano - 2021 STAAR #19

djstibs — 2022-09-23 01:47:32 UTC

Keywords: Food chain, Energy flows, Food web
Answer: B

Gissel Ayala-STAAR 2021/Q28

2022-09-23 16:24:01 UTC

Keywords: effect, most likely, built, through, ecosystem

Gissel Ayala-STAAR 2021/Q30

2022-09-23 16:37:29 UTC

Keywords: tomato, plant, characteristics, least likely, inherited

Question 25 Blanca Tovar STAAR 2021

2022-09-26 03:36:14 UTC

Keyword vocabulary: roots reach deep into soil, drop their leaves during winter

question 17 Answer 3

2023-01-18 15:53:10 UTC

How many organisms in this food web eat only producers? Record your answer and fill in the bubbles on your answer document. Be sure to use the correct place value.

question 27 Answer C

2023-01-18 16:17:02 UTC

Which organisms in the food web shown above compete for the same food source in this environment?

A Grasshoppers and snakes

B Hawks and frogs

C Frogs and snakes

D Decomposers and grasses

question 29 Answer D

2023-01-25 16:09:36 UTC

While exploring a lake in Argentina, Laguna del Diamante (Diamond Lake), scientists found rocks covered with mats made of photosynthetic microbes. Flamingos in the area filter the nutrient-rich microbes by pumping the lakewater through their bill. What is the relationship between the photosynthetic microbes and the flamingos in the Laguna del Diamante ecosystem?

A The microbes are parasites, and the flamingos are hosts.

B The microbes are carnivores, and the flamingos are predators.

C The microbes are herbivores, and the flamingos are carnivores.

D The microbes are producers, and the flamingos are consumers.

STAAR 2022

2024-02-26 00:28:59 UTC

Answer: D is correct - Neither the alligator nor the heron is well-adapted to survive long periods in an extremely cold, dry environment such as the tundra.

STAAR 2022

2024-02-26 00:31:55 UTC

STAAR 2022

2024-02-26 00:33:45 UTC

STAAR 2022

2024-02-26 00:36:15 UTC

STAAR 2022

2024-02-26 00:38:12 UTC

STAAR 2022

2024-02-26 00:45:19 UTC

STAAR 2022

2024-02-26 00:48:13 UTC

STAAR 2023 Q25

2024-02-26 00:52:24 UTC

STAAR 2023 Q10

2024-02-26 00:54:53 UTC

STAAR 2023 Q32

2024-02-26 00:56:58 UTC

STAAR 2023 Q8

2024-02-26 01:01:15 UTC

Answer: Bird is consumer, Mushroom is decomposer, Caterpillar is consumer, Parsley is producer. The bird is a consumer because it feeds on the caterpillar and cannot make its food. The mushroom is a decomposer because it breaks down decaying organic matter in the soil from the parsley plant. The caterpillar is a consumer because it feeds on the plant and cannot make its food. The parsley is a producer because it is a plant and makes its own food.

STAAR 2023 Q27

2024-02-26 01:03:45 UTC

STAAR 2023 Q4

2024-02-26 01:05:47 UTC

STAAR 2023 Q22

2024-02-26 01:07:22 UTC

STAAR 2013 Question 27 Answer D

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 19:09:52 UTC

STAAR 2013 Question 42 Answer J

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 19:21:03 UTC

STAAR 2015 Question 30 Answer H

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 20:08:32 UTC

STAAR 2016 Question 4 Answer F

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 20:35:12 UTC

STAAR 2016 Question 10 Answer J

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 20:46:28 UTC

STAAR 2016 Question 27 Answer B

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 20:55:44 UTC

STAAR 2018 Question 6 Answer F

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 21:52:06 UTC

STAAR 2018 Question 8 Answer J

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 21:53:53 UTC

STAAR 2018 Question 34 Answer J

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-18 22:07:50 UTC

STAAR 2023 Question 28 Answer A,B

salasceciliacruz — 2024-07-19 18:23:06 UTC