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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back






2. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten






3. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time






4. Any nonliving component of an environment






5. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year






6. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas






7. The amount of moisture in the air






8. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column






9. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.






10. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars






11. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






12. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






13. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use






14. The living organisms in an ecosystem






15. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs






16. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer






17. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






18. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state






19. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor






20. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)






21. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year






22. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains






23. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas






24. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions






25. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants






26. Animal hunted or caught for food






27. The land area that supplies water to a river system






28. The land area that supplies water to a river system






29. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship






30. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)






31. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it






32. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use






33. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances






34. Any animal that feeds on flesh






35. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances






36. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time






37. Transmit information






38. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state






39. Animal hunted or caught for food






40. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other






41. An arid region with little or no vegetation






42. The living organisms in an ecosystem






43. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






44. Conclude by reasoning






45. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter






46. A close relationship of mutual dependence






47. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments






48. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas






49. The amount of moisture in the air






50. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals