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