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