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Test your basic knowledge |

Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
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. Transmit information






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






3. Animal hunted or caught for food






4. Any animal that feeds on flesh






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






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






7. The amount of moisture in the air






8. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






9. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter






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






11. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer






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






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






14. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use






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






16. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter






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






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






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






20. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)






21. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






23. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship






24. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains






25. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






27. The amount of moisture in the air






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






29. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






30. The living organisms in an ecosystem






31. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






32. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






34. Any nonliving component of an environment






35. A close relationship of mutual dependence






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






37. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected






38. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants






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






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






41. Transmit information






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






43. Any animal that feeds on flesh






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






45. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other






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






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






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






49. Conclude by reasoning






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






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