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