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Common Core Ecosystem
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
predators
scavenger
prey
habitat
2. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
food web
infer
food chain
wetlands
3. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
precipitation
intertidal zone
habitat
community
4. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
food chain
nekton
biotic
fossil fuel
5. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
run-off
food chain
wetlands
carbon cycle
6. Transmit information
population
watershed
communicate
evaporation
7. The living organisms in an ecosystem
communicate
run-off
fossil fuel
biotic
8. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
parasitism
nekton
humidity
nitrogen cycle
9. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
niche
commensalism
climate
scavenger
10. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
population
symbiotic
mutualism
herbivore
11. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
biotic
commensalism
fossil fuel
biotic
12. The amount of moisture in the air
food web
run-off
carbon cycle
humidity
13. An arid region with little or no vegetation
run-off
fossil fuel
plankton
desert
14. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
biotic
condensation
omnivore
food web
15. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
communicate
parasitism
scavenger
population
16. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
intertidal zone
predators
niche
ecology
17. Transmit information
communicate
carbon cycle
parasitism
food web
18. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
herbivore
biotic
climate
abiotic
19. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
mutualism
run-off
nitrogen cycle
watershed
20. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
community
infer
precipitation
evaporation
21. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
fossil fuel
evaporation
carbon cycle
climate
22. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
habitat
precipitation
herbivore
tundra
23. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
omnivore
intertidal zone
predators
watershed
24. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
plankton
condensation
ecosystem
predator
25. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
photosynthesis
wetlands
ecology
ecosystem
26. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
deciduous forest
mutualism
prey
fossil fuel
27. The living organisms in an ecosystem
fossil fuel
prey
humidity
biotic
28. Animal hunted or caught for food
scavenger
prey
precipitation
condensation
29. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
food web
habitat
prey
abiotic
30. Animal hunted or caught for food
prey
omnivore
abiotic
predators
31. The land area that supplies water to a river system
carnivore
deciduous forest
photosynthesis
watershed
32. The amount of moisture in the air
commensalism
predators
humidity
food chain
33. Conclude by reasoning
herbivore
prey
run-off
infer
34. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
food web
climate
habitat
nekton
35. A close relationship of mutual dependence
commensalism
condensation
symbiotic
omnivore
36. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
prey
food chain
omnivore
biotic
37. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
watershed
biotic
plankton
parasitism
38. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
water cycle
commensalism
mutualism
omnivore
39. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
water cycle
niche
photosynthesis
climate
40. Animal hunted or caught for food
benthos
carbon cycle
prey
ecosystem
41. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
symbiotic
parasitism
abiotic
ecosystem
42. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
evaporation
omnivore
fossil fuel
prey
43. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecology
infer
carnivore
deciduous forest
44. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
population
condensation
photosynthesis
deciduous forest
45. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
predator
community
evaporation
rain forest
46. Any nonliving component of an environment
abiotic
nekton
run-off
predator
47. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
condensation
ecology
predator
evaporation
48. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
habitat
intertidal zone
nitrogen cycle
food web
49. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
precipitation
watershed
niche
wetlands
50. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
prey
benthos
run-off
mutualism