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