Here are some science questions to help you test your general science knowledge. They will also show you which of the Florida, Utah, and NGSS science standards each question is testing.
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Which part of the food web do these termites belong to?
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Producer.
No. A producer captures energy from sunlight, and stores it as food. To do that, the organism needs to contain chlorophyll. -
Primary Consumer.
No. Primary consumers eat producers. Termites do not eat live plants. -
Secondary Consumer
No. Secondary consumers eat other consumers. This butterfly does not eat animals. -
Decomposer
Yes! Termites are one of the few animals that can digest the cellulose from dead wood, thanks to special bacteria that live inside them. That makes termites very important as decomposers, but it also means that they can be a problem when we build things from wood.
Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.
Florida
SC.4.L.17.3 Trace the flow of energy from the Sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Food Web Tag | text page |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
SC.7.L.17.1 Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Measuring Calories | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Food Web Tag | text page |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
Utah
UT.8.II.2.a Categorize the relationships between organisms (i.e., producer/consumer/decomposer, predator/prey, mutualism/parasitism) and provide examples of each.
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-11 | practice |
| Review Food Web-12 | practice |
NGSS
5-PS3-1 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Measuring Photosynthesis | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Measuring Calories | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Calories: Measuring the Energy | text page, free |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
This layer of rock contains fossilized tracks from a dinosaur (Dilophosaurus). The black object is my cell phone for size reference. What kind of rock is it?
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Igneous
No. Igneous rocks formed from magma or lava. An igneous rock would not have fossilized dinosaur tracks. -
Sedimentary
Yes! Sedimentary rocks are deposited by wind, water, ice, or gravity, and they often contain fossils. The presence of fossils is one of the indications that a rock is probably sedimentary. -
Metamorphic
No. Metamorphic rocks have been changed by heat and pressure from a different kind of rock. The metamorphic process would have destroyed the tracks. -
It is not rock.
No. These dinosaur tracks are in rock.
Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.
Florida
SC.4.E.6.1 Identify the three categories of rocks: igneous, (formed from molten rock); sedimentary (pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms); and metamorphic (formed from heat and pressure).
| Evaporites | video, learnalong |
| Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, learnalong |
| Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
| What is a Rock? | video, learnalong |
| Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
| Homemade Fossil Dig | text page |
| Foliated and Unfoliated Rocks | text page, learnalong |
| Identifying Igneous Rocks | text page, learnalong |
| Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks | text page, learnalong |
| Light and Dark Minerals | text page, learnalong |
| Review Rocks-3 | practice |
| Review Rocks-4 | practice |
| Review Rocks-5 | practice |
| Review Rocks-6 | practice |
| Review Rocks-8 | practice |
| Review Rocks-9 | practice |
| Review Rocks-7 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
| Review Rocks-1 | practice |
| Review Rocks-2 | practice |
Utah
UT.4.III.1.d Classify common rocks found in Utah as sedimentary (i.e., sandstone, conglomerate, shale), igneous (i.e., basalt, granite, obsidian, pumice) and metamorphic (i.e., marble, gneiss, schist).
| Evaporites | video, learnalong |
| Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, learnalong |
| Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
| What is a Rock? | video, learnalong |
| Light and Dark Minerals | text page, learnalong |
| Review Rocks-2 | practice |
| Review Rocks-3 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
UT.8.III.1.c Categorize rock samples as sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous.
| Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, learnalong |
| Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
| What is a Rock? | video, learnalong |
| Light and Dark Minerals | text page, learnalong |
| Review Rocks-2 | practice |
| Review Rocks-3 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
NGSS
MS-ESS2-1 Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
| Definition of a Mineral | video |
| Evaporites | video, learnalong |
| Igneous Rocks and Bubbles | video, learnalong |
| What is a Mineral? | video |
| Identifying Minerals | video, learnalong |
| Sedimentary Rocks | video, learnalong |
| What is a Rock? | video, learnalong |
| The Rock Cycle | video, learnalong |
| Bioclastics: Rocks With No Minerals | video |
| Light and Dark Minerals | text page, learnalong |
| Review Rocks-5 | practice |
| Review Rocks-6 | practice |
| Review Rocks-8 | practice |
| Review Rocks-9 | practice |
| Review Rocks-7 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
| Review Rocks-10 | practice |
| Review Rocks-1 | practice |
| Review Rocks-2 | practice |
| Review Rocks-3 | practice |
| Review Rocks-4 | practice |
This wasp is hunting the caterpillars that are eating this plant. Which of these is NOT a consumer?
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The plant
Yes! The plant is a producer, not a consumer. Producers make their own food. -
The caterpillar
No. The caterpillar is a consumer because it eats the plant. -
The plant and the caterpillar
No. The caterpillar is a consumer. -
The caterpillar and the wasp
No. Consumers eat other organisms. Both the caterpillar and the wasp consume other living things, making them both consumers.
Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.
Florida
SC.4.L.17.3 Trace the flow of energy from the Sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Food Web Tag | text page |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
SC.7.L.17.1 Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Measuring Calories | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Food Web Tag | text page |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
Utah
UT.8.II.2.a Categorize the relationships between organisms (i.e., producer/consumer/decomposer, predator/prey, mutualism/parasitism) and provide examples of each.
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-11 | practice |
| Review Food Web-12 | practice |
NGSS
5-PS3-1 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Measuring Photosynthesis | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Measuring Calories | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Calories: Measuring the Energy | text page, free |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
Which of the following is NOT a function of your skeleton?
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Produce insulin
Yes! Insulin is produced by the pancreas, not by bones. -
Work with muscles to help you move
No. Your muscles attach to your bones. They work together to let you move. -
Protect internal organs
No. Your skull protects your brain. Your ribs protect your heart and lungs. Your backbone protects your spinal cord. -
Produce blood cells.
No. Your bone marrow produces your blood cells.
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Florida
SC.2.L.14.1 Distinguish human body parts (brain, heart, lungs, stomach, muscles, and skeleton) and their basic functions.
| Bird Bones | video, free |
| Bendable Bones | video |
| Reading a Skeleton | video, free |
| Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
SC.5.L.14.1 Identify the organs in the human body and describe their functions, including the skin, brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, intestines, pancreas, muscles and skeleton, reproductive organs, kidneys, bladder, and sensory organs.
| Bird Bones | video, free |
| Kneesy, Earsy, Nosey | video |
| Bendable Bones | video |
| Just a Suggestion | video |
| Reaction Time | video |
| Reading a Skeleton | video, free |
| Muscles Don't Push | text page |
| Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
SC.6.L.14.5 Identify and investigate the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, excretory, immune, nervous, and musculoskeletal) and describe ways these systems interact with each other to maintain homeostasis.
| Bird Bones | video, free |
| Bendable Bones | video |
| Reaction Time | video |
| Reading a Skeleton | video, free |
| Muscles Don't Push | text page |
| Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
Utah
UT.7.III.2.c Relate the structure of an organ to its component parts and the larger system of which it is a part.
| Reaction Time | video |
| Reading a Skeleton | video, free |
| Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
NGSS
MS-LS1-3 Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
| Bird Bones | video, free |
| Bendable Bones | video |
| Reaction Time | video |
| Reading a Skeleton | video, free |
| Review Anatomy-1 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-2 | practice |
| Review Anatomy-3 | practice |
This caterpillar is an example of which part of the food web?
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Producer.
No. The plant is a producer. It captures energy from sunlight, and stores it as food. The caterpillar is eating the plant to get that energy. -
Primary Consumer.
Yes! The caterpillar is eating the plant (a producer) to get the energy that is stored in its leaves. -
Secondary Consumer
No. Secondary consumers eat other consumers. A bird that ate this caterpillar would be a secondary consumer. -
Decomposer
No. Decomposers break down dead and decaying organisms. The plant that the caterpillar is eating is still alive and growing.
Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.
Florida
SC.4.L.17.3 Trace the flow of energy from the Sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Food Web Tag | text page |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
SC.7.L.17.1 Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Measuring Calories | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Food Web Tag | text page |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
Utah
UT.8.II.2.a Categorize the relationships between organisms (i.e., producer/consumer/decomposer, predator/prey, mutualism/parasitism) and provide examples of each.
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-11 | practice |
| Review Food Web-12 | practice |
NGSS
5-PS3-1 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Measuring Photosynthesis | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Measuring Calories | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Calories: Measuring the Energy | text page, free |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
| Scavengers and Decomposers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Secondary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| Producers | video |
| Primary Consumers | video, ClosedCaptions |
| What is a Food Web? | text page |
| Review Food Web-2 | practice |
| Review Food Web-1 | practice |
| Review Food Web-3 | practice |
| Review Food Web-4 | practice |
| Review Food Web-5 | practice |
| Review Food Web-6 | practice |
| Review Food Web-7 | practice |
| Review Food Web-8 | practice |
| Review Food Web-9 | practice |
| Review Food Web-10 | practice |
The questions are chosen randomly, so this quest will be different each time.
