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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. Animal hunted or caught for food
mutualism
prey
water cycle
evaporation
2. The living organisms in an ecosystem
nitrogen cycle
carnivore
biotic
watershed
3. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
condensation
photosynthesis
rain forest
climate
4. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
rain forest
habitat
condensation
plankton
5. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
humidity
nekton
evaporation
commensalism
6. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
niche
parasitism
wetlands
ecosystem
7. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
predators
food web
habitat
wetlands
8. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
evaporation
food chain
carbon cycle
scavenger
9. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
predator
food chain
tundra
niche
10. The land area that supplies water to a river system
biotic
watershed
desert
ecology
11. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
fossil fuel
condensation
watershed
tundra
12. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
water cycle
humidity
scavenger
community
13. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
run-off
predators
intertidal zone
mutualism
14. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
condensation
rain forest
nekton
communicate
15. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
predators
wetlands
tundra
precipitation
16. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
evaporation
precipitation
habitat
herbivore
17. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
food web
habitat
tundra
evaporation
18. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
herbivore
condensation
watershed
precipitation
19. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
symbiotic
tundra
food web
intertidal zone
20. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
climate
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
21. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
fossil fuel
watershed
rain forest
food web
22. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
intertidal zone
food web
deciduous forest
food chain
23. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
run-off
nekton
precipitation
prey
24. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
niche
omnivore
parasitism
carnivore
25. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
mutualism
run-off
photosynthesis
nekton
26. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
scavenger
deciduous forest
nekton
climate
27. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecosystem
nekton
ecology
carbon cycle
28. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
humidity
mutualism
evaporation
tundra
29. Any nonliving component of an environment
abiotic
omnivore
commensalism
fossil fuel
30. Animal hunted or caught for food
prey
rain forest
nekton
herbivore
31. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
plankton
food chain
symbiotic
ecology
32. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
predators
commensalism
parasitism
humidity
33. Any nonliving component of an environment
communicate
commensalism
photosynthesis
abiotic
34. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
deciduous forest
rain forest
climate
tundra
35. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
ecosystem
deciduous forest
carbon cycle
herbivore
36. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
habitat
run-off
climate
desert
37. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
predators
herbivore
intertidal zone
mutualism
38. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
deciduous forest
predator
intertidal zone
mutualism
39. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
niche
food web
rain forest
ecology
40. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
tundra
communicate
food web
rain forest
41. Conclude by reasoning
nitrogen cycle
evaporation
rain forest
infer
42. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
fossil fuel
prey
niche
water cycle
43. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
omnivore
evaporation
carbon cycle
evaporation
44. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
predator
communicate
fossil fuel
water cycle
45. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
tundra
abiotic
water cycle
benthos
46. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
predator
scavenger
photosynthesis
omnivore
47. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
climate
deciduous forest
predators
watershed
48. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
nitrogen cycle
predators
niche
evaporation
49. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
evaporation
benthos
watershed
predators
50. Animal hunted or caught for food
community
prey
niche
desert