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






2. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






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






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






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






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






8. Any animal that feeds on flesh






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






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






11. Any nonliving component of an environment






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






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






14. Any nonliving component of an environment






15. The amount of moisture in the air






16. Transmit information






17. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






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






20. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






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






24. The living organisms in an ecosystem






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






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






27. The living organisms in an ecosystem






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






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






30. The amount of moisture in the air






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






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






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






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






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






36. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






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






38. Any animal that feeds on flesh






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






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