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