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