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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)






2. Transmit information






3. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year






4. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column






5. A close relationship of mutual dependence






6. Transmit information






7. Conclude by reasoning






8. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars






9. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






10. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments






11. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






12. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid






13. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year






14. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions






15. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it






16. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas






17. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state






18. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.






19. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas






20. Animal hunted or caught for food






21. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year






22. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment






23. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas






24. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






25. Animal hunted or caught for food






26. The land area that supplies water to a river system






27. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






28. Any nonliving component of an environment






29. Conclude by reasoning






30. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment






31. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)






32. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs






33. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






34. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances






35. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back






36. Any animal that feeds on flesh






37. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column






38. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground






39. The amount of moisture in the air






40. Any nonliving component of an environment






41. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances






42. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions






43. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time






44. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor






45. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten






46. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments






47. The land area that supplies water to a river system






48. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state






49. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas






50. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area