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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year






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






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






4. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Any animal that feeds on flesh






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






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






16. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






28. The amount of moisture in the air






29. The living organisms in an ecosystem






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






31. The amount of moisture in the air






32. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






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






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






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






37. Conclude by reasoning






38. A close relationship of mutual dependence






39. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






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






43. The living organisms in an ecosystem






44. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






46. Any animal that feeds on flesh






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






48. Transmit information






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






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