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