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