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