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