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Common Core Ecosystem
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1. Transmit information
abiotic
communicate
omnivore
niche
2. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
mutualism
rain forest
ecosystem
nekton
3. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
community
prey
plankton
run-off
4. Animal hunted or caught for food
herbivore
prey
food web
tundra
5. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
run-off
photosynthesis
ecology
habitat
6. Any animal that feeds on flesh
intertidal zone
evaporation
intertidal zone
carnivore
7. An arid region with little or no vegetation
herbivore
desert
scavenger
symbiotic
8. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
habitat
fossil fuel
omnivore
predator
9. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
predator
parasitism
fossil fuel
condensation
10. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
mutualism
tundra
infer
abiotic
11. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
community
predators
symbiotic
communicate
12. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
evaporation
humidity
mutualism
plankton
13. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
parasitism
precipitation
run-off
tundra
14. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
evaporation
intertidal zone
community
prey
15. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
population
climate
nekton
predators
16. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
parasitism
ecology
condensation
evaporation
17. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
rain forest
photosynthesis
habitat
communicate
18. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
infer
omnivore
parasitism
photosynthesis
19. The amount of moisture in the air
watershed
ecosystem
climate
humidity
20. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
habitat
fossil fuel
water cycle
rain forest
21. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
carnivore
carbon cycle
intertidal zone
predators
22. Animal hunted or caught for food
precipitation
wetlands
evaporation
prey
23. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
infer
population
precipitation
predator
24. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
fossil fuel
plankton
abiotic
condensation
25. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
infer
herbivore
omnivore
condensation
26. A close relationship of mutual dependence
herbivore
carnivore
symbiotic
precipitation
27. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
photosynthesis
benthos
evaporation
deciduous forest
28. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
population
abiotic
predators
omnivore
29. Any nonliving component of an environment
abiotic
ecology
carbon cycle
prey
30. The living organisms in an ecosystem
herbivore
benthos
biotic
ecosystem
31. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
tundra
scavenger
ecosystem
prey
32. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
population
carbon cycle
predators
habitat
33. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
mutualism
prey
niche
wetlands
34. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
food chain
community
nekton
fossil fuel
35. Animal hunted or caught for food
wetlands
prey
food web
predators
36. An arid region with little or no vegetation
population
watershed
desert
parasitism
37. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
predator
omnivore
precipitation
mutualism
38. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
food chain
carbon cycle
nitrogen cycle
scavenger
39. The land area that supplies water to a river system
intertidal zone
tundra
niche
watershed
40. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
benthos
wetlands
infer
evaporation
41. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
precipitation
condensation
infer
wetlands
42. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
ecology
food web
carnivore
parasitism
43. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
biotic
niche
herbivore
intertidal zone
44. Any nonliving component of an environment
benthos
evaporation
climate
abiotic
45. Conclude by reasoning
desert
prey
infer
ecology
46. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
infer
water cycle
population
desert
47. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
precipitation
food chain
plankton
humidity
48. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
mutualism
evaporation
community
photosynthesis
49. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
fossil fuel
omnivore
commensalism
ecosystem
50. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
carnivore
photosynthesis
tundra
habitat
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