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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Animal hunted or caught for food






2. The living organisms in an ecosystem






3. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time






4. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state






5. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas






6. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)






7. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year






8. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas






9. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






10. The land area that supplies water to a river system






11. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas






12. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other






13. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship






14. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column






15. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer






16. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants






17. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs






18. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants






19. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






20. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)






21. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas






22. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten






23. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)






24. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances






25. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground






26. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column






27. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment






28. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas






29. Any nonliving component of an environment






30. Animal hunted or caught for food






31. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments






32. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected






33. Any nonliving component of an environment






34. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.






35. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions






36. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground






37. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






38. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship






39. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains






40. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains






41. Conclude by reasoning






42. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)






43. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances






44. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid






45. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor






46. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter






47. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.






48. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use






49. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






50. Animal hunted or caught for food