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