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