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