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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. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
rain forest
climate
carbon cycle
community
2. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
ecology
precipitation
fossil fuel
mutualism
3. Animal hunted or caught for food
rain forest
evaporation
predators
prey
4. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecology
rain forest
omnivore
abiotic
5. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
tundra
symbiotic
intertidal zone
population
6. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
wetlands
niche
rain forest
omnivore
7. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
nitrogen cycle
habitat
rain forest
evaporation
8. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
nitrogen cycle
rain forest
tundra
plankton
9. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
ecology
photosynthesis
herbivore
parasitism
10. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
food chain
ecosystem
predator
predator
11. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
prey
carbon cycle
photosynthesis
infer
12. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
prey
herbivore
parasitism
habitat
13. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
food web
wetlands
carbon cycle
biotic
14. Animal hunted or caught for food
evaporation
prey
ecology
benthos
15. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
herbivore
evaporation
deciduous forest
carbon cycle
16. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
watershed
scavenger
benthos
carnivore
17. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
watershed
tundra
abiotic
humidity
18. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
desert
wetlands
climate
prey
19. Transmit information
carnivore
precipitation
communicate
deciduous forest
20. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
carnivore
scavenger
predator
food chain
21. Animal hunted or caught for food
commensalism
intertidal zone
prey
population
22. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
prey
population
parasitism
carbon cycle
23. The land area that supplies water to a river system
watershed
communicate
run-off
mutualism
24. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
humidity
community
fossil fuel
abiotic
25. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
rain forest
food web
evaporation
tundra
26. Transmit information
herbivore
humidity
communicate
community
27. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
plankton
food chain
habitat
condensation
28. Any animal that feeds on flesh
rain forest
benthos
carnivore
ecology
29. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
evaporation
population
condensation
commensalism
30. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecology
predators
prey
community
31. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
omnivore
plankton
parasitism
habitat
32. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
evaporation
plankton
predator
photosynthesis
33. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
carnivore
nitrogen cycle
symbiotic
precipitation
34. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
photosynthesis
rain forest
intertidal zone
deciduous forest
35. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
fossil fuel
abiotic
omnivore
fossil fuel
36. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
carnivore
ecosystem
watershed
commensalism
37. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
predators
nitrogen cycle
intertidal zone
predator
38. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
wetlands
predators
watershed
evaporation
39. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
prey
desert
water cycle
ecosystem
40. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
wetlands
commensalism
plankton
omnivore
41. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
omnivore
desert
scavenger
biotic
42. Conclude by reasoning
tundra
infer
food web
water cycle
43. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
fossil fuel
habitat
humidity
deciduous forest
44. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
run-off
niche
community
watershed
45. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
ecosystem
prey
parasitism
niche
46. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
watershed
herbivore
nekton
niche
47. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
ecosystem
fossil fuel
evaporation
tundra
48. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
population
predators
climate
mutualism
49. The living organisms in an ecosystem
food chain
biotic
ecology
infer
50. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
ecosystem
evaporation
habitat
humidity