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Common Core Ecosystem
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common-core
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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. Transmit information
intertidal zone
communicate
tundra
photosynthesis
2. An arid region with little or no vegetation
scavenger
niche
precipitation
desert
3. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
niche
commensalism
food web
plankton
4. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
evaporation
community
condensation
habitat
5. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
biotic
ecology
food chain
predators
6. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
population
precipitation
food web
niche
7. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
benthos
ecosystem
nitrogen cycle
carnivore
8. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
benthos
watershed
water cycle
prey
9. Conclude by reasoning
infer
habitat
prey
abiotic
10. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
rain forest
precipitation
scavenger
evaporation
11. Animal hunted or caught for food
prey
evaporation
abiotic
carbon cycle
12. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
deciduous forest
infer
population
run-off
13. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
omnivore
abiotic
symbiotic
fossil fuel
14. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
desert
niche
rain forest
niche
15. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
mutualism
fossil fuel
omnivore
communicate
16. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
nitrogen cycle
prey
population
wetlands
17. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
food chain
communicate
carnivore
deciduous forest
18. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
plankton
evaporation
watershed
mutualism
19. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
commensalism
herbivore
photosynthesis
predator
20. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
precipitation
water cycle
commensalism
deciduous forest
21. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
tundra
infer
food chain
tundra
22. The amount of moisture in the air
nekton
plankton
humidity
community
23. The land area that supplies water to a river system
commensalism
food chain
watershed
prey
24. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
nekton
humidity
omnivore
wetlands
25. Any nonliving component of an environment
desert
ecosystem
abiotic
evaporation
26. Any nonliving component of an environment
mutualism
abiotic
community
herbivore
27. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
water cycle
prey
condensation
niche
28. The amount of moisture in the air
symbiotic
humidity
rain forest
ecology
29. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
ecosystem
rain forest
watershed
predators
30. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
biotic
plankton
herbivore
carnivore
31. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
humidity
abiotic
precipitation
herbivore
32. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
climate
population
ecology
run-off
33. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
scavenger
evaporation
precipitation
food web
34. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
herbivore
evaporation
nekton
food web
35. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
scavenger
mutualism
communicate
fossil fuel
36. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
food chain
habitat
abiotic
tundra
37. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
evaporation
biotic
rain forest
herbivore
38. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
evaporation
precipitation
climate
commensalism
39. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
watershed
intertidal zone
prey
rain forest
40. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
nitrogen cycle
plankton
water cycle
precipitation
41. A close relationship of mutual dependence
symbiotic
run-off
community
intertidal zone
42. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
food web
ecosystem
scavenger
carnivore
43. Conclude by reasoning
omnivore
photosynthesis
infer
commensalism
44. Animal hunted or caught for food
infer
prey
humidity
wetlands
45. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
carbon cycle
humidity
deciduous forest
condensation
46. Transmit information
habitat
wetlands
predator
communicate
47. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
benthos
humidity
abiotic
prey
48. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
run-off
herbivore
parasitism
climate
49. An arid region with little or no vegetation
ecology
nitrogen cycle
desert
plankton
50. The living organisms in an ecosystem
omnivore
carbon cycle
evaporation
biotic