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Common Core Ecosystem
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common-core
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Animal hunted or caught for food
watershed
prey
rain forest
symbiotic
2. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
evaporation
rain forest
benthos
evaporation
3. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
ecosystem
rain forest
predator
parasitism
4. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
fossil fuel
mutualism
nekton
evaporation
5. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
ecosystem
scavenger
prey
mutualism
6. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
food web
plankton
evaporation
benthos
7. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
abiotic
deciduous forest
nitrogen cycle
mutualism
8. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
scavenger
condensation
abiotic
symbiotic
9. Any nonliving component of an environment
run-off
rain forest
evaporation
abiotic
10. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
tundra
rain forest
prey
benthos
11. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
community
parasitism
desert
communicate
12. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
niche
parasitism
community
photosynthesis
13. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
ecology
water cycle
evaporation
run-off
14. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
evaporation
precipitation
community
food chain
15. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
water cycle
mutualism
niche
food chain
16. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
herbivore
evaporation
ecosystem
food chain
17. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
niche
plankton
predators
water cycle
18. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
evaporation
community
nitrogen cycle
predator
19. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
mutualism
infer
ecosystem
food web
20. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
photosynthesis
carnivore
plankton
mutualism
21. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
habitat
humidity
intertidal zone
predators
22. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
ecology
population
water cycle
mutualism
23. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
condensation
niche
deciduous forest
rain forest
24. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
desert
communicate
nekton
deciduous forest
25. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
nitrogen cycle
abiotic
deciduous forest
ecology
26. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
biotic
intertidal zone
predators
communicate
27. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
predators
evaporation
population
climate
28. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
scavenger
scavenger
evaporation
commensalism
29. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
communicate
community
predators
nekton
30. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
parasitism
wetlands
nekton
water cycle
31. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
carbon cycle
commensalism
herbivore
carnivore
32. The living organisms in an ecosystem
biotic
fossil fuel
desert
predator
33. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
prey
infer
omnivore
plankton
34. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
ecosystem
nitrogen cycle
intertidal zone
nitrogen cycle
35. Conclude by reasoning
nitrogen cycle
omnivore
infer
plankton
36. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
population
infer
plankton
prey
37. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
nekton
herbivore
evaporation
niche
38. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
condensation
tundra
community
prey
39. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
prey
run-off
rain forest
predator
40. Any animal that feeds on flesh
niche
rain forest
biotic
carnivore
41. Animal hunted or caught for food
ecosystem
prey
scavenger
fossil fuel
42. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
population
water cycle
tundra
run-off
43. An arid region with little or no vegetation
desert
precipitation
evaporation
climate
44. Conclude by reasoning
infer
evaporation
precipitation
nekton
45. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
evaporation
rain forest
carnivore
abiotic
46. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
commensalism
food chain
habitat
nitrogen cycle
47. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
benthos
symbiotic
photosynthesis
evaporation
48. Transmit information
communicate
niche
prey
ecosystem
49. The amount of moisture in the air
community
condensation
food chain
humidity
50. A close relationship of mutual dependence
infer
predator
wetlands
symbiotic