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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






4. The living organisms in an ecosystem






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






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






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






8. The living organisms in an ecosystem






9. The amount of moisture in the air






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






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






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






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






14. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






17. A close relationship of mutual dependence






18. Transmit information






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






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






21. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back






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






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






24. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it






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






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






27. Any nonliving component of an environment






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






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






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






31. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






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






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






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






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






36. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars






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






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






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






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






41. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area






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






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






44. Any animal that feeds on flesh






45. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






46. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back






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






48. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year






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






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