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Common Core Ecosystem
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common-core
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The amount of moisture in the air
humidity
precipitation
benthos
mutualism
2. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
prey
fossil fuel
run-off
watershed
3. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
condensation
evaporation
nekton
photosynthesis
4. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
scavenger
population
wetlands
run-off
5. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
predator
commensalism
population
rain forest
6. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
deciduous forest
parasitism
tundra
abiotic
7. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
wetlands
infer
precipitation
habitat
8. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
parasitism
condensation
tundra
evaporation
9. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
climate
wetlands
carnivore
herbivore
10. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
rain forest
intertidal zone
parasitism
plankton
11. Transmit information
abiotic
run-off
run-off
communicate
12. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
wetlands
symbiotic
symbiotic
plankton
13. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
habitat
carbon cycle
herbivore
abiotic
14. The amount of moisture in the air
community
biotic
commensalism
humidity
15. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
predator
predator
community
scavenger
16. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
nitrogen cycle
commensalism
condensation
nekton
17. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
population
commensalism
food web
condensation
18. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
plankton
prey
humidity
food chain
19. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
photosynthesis
predator
predators
parasitism
20. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
evaporation
mutualism
rain forest
niche
21. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
community
niche
benthos
run-off
22. Conclude by reasoning
infer
population
carnivore
mutualism
23. The land area that supplies water to a river system
prey
ecosystem
watershed
niche
24. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
plankton
photosynthesis
intertidal zone
population
25. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
omnivore
prey
benthos
infer
26. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
parasitism
niche
ecology
climate
27. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
prey
food chain
precipitation
symbiotic
28. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
evaporation
scavenger
rain forest
carbon cycle
29. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
abiotic
predators
precipitation
scavenger
30. Animal hunted or caught for food
predator
ecosystem
prey
plankton
31. Any animal that feeds on flesh
carnivore
climate
carbon cycle
niche
32. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
community
nekton
infer
evaporation
33. Animal hunted or caught for food
communicate
mutualism
predator
prey
34. Animal hunted or caught for food
ecology
food web
prey
wetlands
35. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
predators
nekton
parasitism
niche
36. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
infer
ecology
predator
benthos
37. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
evaporation
commensalism
watershed
habitat
38. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
food web
population
watershed
rain forest
39. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
run-off
fossil fuel
evaporation
tundra
40. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
run-off
wetlands
benthos
condensation
41. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
carnivore
benthos
infer
scavenger
42. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
symbiotic
precipitation
mutualism
community
43. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
tundra
run-off
food chain
benthos
44. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
run-off
desert
water cycle
carbon cycle
45. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
condensation
predator
scavenger
ecology
46. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
scavenger
plankton
fossil fuel
infer
47. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
nitrogen cycle
habitat
evaporation
commensalism
48. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
predator
scavenger
condensation
mutualism
49. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
intertidal zone
tundra
condensation
infer
50. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
food web
carbon cycle
mutualism
tundra