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