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