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Common Core Ecosystem
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1. Animal hunted or caught for food
prey
plankton
condensation
deciduous forest
2. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
abiotic
scavenger
evaporation
nitrogen cycle
3. Any nonliving component of an environment
plankton
food chain
abiotic
community
4. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
population
omnivore
carnivore
nitrogen cycle
5. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
fossil fuel
niche
desert
water cycle
6. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecology
rain forest
abiotic
prey
7. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
nitrogen cycle
omnivore
nekton
rain forest
8. The living organisms in an ecosystem
omnivore
desert
scavenger
biotic
9. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
scavenger
predator
wetlands
tundra
10. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
fossil fuel
omnivore
food web
humidity
11. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
nitrogen cycle
habitat
rain forest
evaporation
12. Animal hunted or caught for food
climate
evaporation
prey
food web
13. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
run-off
communicate
prey
food chain
14. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
run-off
abiotic
fossil fuel
food chain
15. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
precipitation
commensalism
scavenger
abiotic
16. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
population
photosynthesis
communicate
condensation
17. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
water cycle
precipitation
food chain
benthos
18. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
infer
deciduous forest
ecology
population
19. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
carbon cycle
abiotic
nitrogen cycle
photosynthesis
20. Any animal that feeds on flesh
carnivore
ecosystem
prey
nekton
21. Any animal that feeds on flesh
commensalism
omnivore
carnivore
predators
22. A close relationship of mutual dependence
precipitation
food web
nitrogen cycle
symbiotic
23. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
desert
evaporation
commensalism
infer
24. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
omnivore
water cycle
predators
humidity
25. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
watershed
parasitism
food chain
run-off
26. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
abiotic
niche
commensalism
carnivore
27. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
nekton
predators
intertidal zone
carnivore
28. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
desert
parasitism
herbivore
biotic
29. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
predators
infer
climate
carnivore
30. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
benthos
nitrogen cycle
commensalism
niche
31. Animal hunted or caught for food
niche
photosynthesis
omnivore
prey
32. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
humidity
condensation
plankton
herbivore
33. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
ecology
communicate
infer
commensalism
34. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
food web
ecology
deciduous forest
run-off
35. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecosystem
predators
ecology
deciduous forest
36. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
evaporation
tundra
water cycle
predator
37. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
ecosystem
plankton
photosynthesis
omnivore
38. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
condensation
community
scavenger
food chain
39. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
wetlands
desert
deciduous forest
benthos
40. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
fossil fuel
condensation
biotic
ecosystem
41. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
deciduous forest
niche
food web
prey
42. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
rain forest
food web
nitrogen cycle
biotic
43. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
climate
scavenger
parasitism
intertidal zone
44. The land area that supplies water to a river system
watershed
wetlands
communicate
humidity
45. Any nonliving component of an environment
photosynthesis
wetlands
abiotic
humidity
46. The living organisms in an ecosystem
niche
infer
biotic
communicate
47. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
rain forest
herbivore
photosynthesis
run-off
48. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
tundra
plankton
run-off
infer
49. Conclude by reasoning
infer
benthos
carbon cycle
watershed
50. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
ecology
prey
evaporation
community
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