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