Second Semester Final Exam Reviewer

Metamorphic rocks form from _______ rocks.

Students study the different types of plate boundaries they learned about in class. ____,convergent and transform

Mutualism occurs when both organisms benefit from the relationship.

The Earth's core is primarily composed of which two elements?

Ava and Evelyn need to identify the two main types of Earth's crust. What are these?

Which layer of the Earth is the largest and most massive?

Which of the following are included in the biomass of an ecosystem?

The study of fossils is called ______, and the scientists who study fossils are ______.

What does 'photo' mean in the word 'photosynthesis'?

What makes an earthquake happen?

What is the outermost, solid layer of the Earth called?

During a nature walk, Hannah and Noah observe some animals eating grass in a field. What are these animals called?

Secondary consumers are ________ that feed on primary consumers. They rely on herbivores for their nutrition.

What is the state of the inner core of the Earth?

What is the process in plants that produces sugar called?

Michael and Noah are observing milkweed in their backyard. What do male milkweed bugs rub to attract female?

What is the approximate temperature of the Earth's inner core?

Commensalism is a not relationship that occurs when one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed..

Avery and Grace found mushrooms growing on a fallen log. Their teacher explained that mushrooms are____.

How do adult male milkweed bugs attract females?

Fill in the blank: Each different type of organism is a different _______.

Animals that do not make their own food, like brine shrimp and gulls, are called ________.

Aiden and Aria discover that some organisms can make their own food. These organisms

What does the prefix 'paleo-' mean?

Each of the metamorphic rocks you looked at last Friday started out as a _______ or _______ rock.

Cooperation is an ecological relationship that occurs when organisms help each other out (hunting, grooming, protection)

Fill in the blank: An _______ is defined as 'any living thing.'

Consumers that eat producers are called ________ (or first-level consumers).

What are plate boundaries?

What is interspecific competition? Fill in the blank: Interspecific competition occurs among members of ______ species.

Decomposers make organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.

During a science class, their teacher mentions the prefix ______ means prehistoric.

What is the mass in an ecosystem that is from organisms called?

During a field trip to a natural history museum, students learn that paleontologists study the ______,

While hiking with her friends, Emma found an outline of a (organism) that used to live on Earth called ___

Predation occurs when one organism (predator) captures and eats another organism (______).

Which layer of the Earth is the thickest and is located between the crust and the outer core?

What happens to the appearance of insects during the fifth instar?

How do adult male milkweed bugs attract females?

Parasitism occurs when one organism benefits and the other is harmed. The two parties are called ______ and ______.