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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions






2. Any animal that feeds on flesh






3. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






5. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor






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






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






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






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






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






11. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






12. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






14. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The living organisms in an ecosystem






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






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






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






27. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






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






31. Transmit information






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






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






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






35. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






37. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






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






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






40. Any animal that feeds on flesh






41. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants






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






43. Any nonliving component of an environment






44. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year






45. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






47. Transmit information






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






49. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






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