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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column






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






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






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






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






6. The amount of moisture in the air






7. A close relationship of mutual dependence






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






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






10. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






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






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






23. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






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






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






26. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Any animal that feeds on flesh






38. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






40. Conclude by reasoning






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






42. Any nonliving component of an environment






43. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






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






47. Any nonliving component of an environment






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






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






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