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