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