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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 continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
ecosystem
mutualism
desert
water cycle
2. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
photosynthesis
carbon cycle
infer
predator
3. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
watershed
carbon cycle
predator
prey
4. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
ecology
run-off
omnivore
parasitism
5. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
herbivore
commensalism
wetlands
condensation
6. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
infer
rain forest
deciduous forest
nekton
7. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
carbon cycle
climate
herbivore
intertidal zone
8. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
condensation
niche
food web
wetlands
9. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
herbivore
niche
parasitism
biotic
10. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
symbiotic
humidity
predator
evaporation
11. The land area that supplies water to a river system
nekton
communicate
fossil fuel
watershed
12. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
mutualism
commensalism
run-off
fossil fuel
13. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
ecology
condensation
food chain
predator
14. Transmit information
climate
plankton
prey
communicate
15. The living organisms in an ecosystem
biotic
symbiotic
ecology
ecosystem
16. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
niche
run-off
nitrogen cycle
evaporation
17. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
parasitism
humidity
nekton
symbiotic
18. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
parasitism
niche
food chain
carnivore
19. Any animal that feeds on flesh
carnivore
ecosystem
photosynthesis
abiotic
20. Animal hunted or caught for food
prey
predator
precipitation
carbon cycle
21. Animal hunted or caught for food
condensation
biotic
prey
rain forest
22. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
predators
condensation
nitrogen cycle
ecology
23. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
benthos
parasitism
ecosystem
herbivore
24. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
symbiotic
run-off
benthos
predators
25. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
carnivore
community
population
humidity
26. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
population
food web
prey
ecosystem
27. The amount of moisture in the air
fossil fuel
niche
food web
humidity
28. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
predators
nitrogen cycle
tundra
herbivore
29. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
communicate
evaporation
photosynthesis
herbivore
30. Any nonliving component of an environment
abiotic
symbiotic
predator
mutualism
31. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
benthos
carnivore
scavenger
nekton
32. Any animal that feeds on flesh
carnivore
biotic
scavenger
condensation
33. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
tundra
mutualism
habitat
niche
34. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
biotic
deciduous forest
predators
predator
35. Animal hunted or caught for food
nitrogen cycle
watershed
food chain
prey
36. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
desert
parasitism
communicate
communicate
37. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
photosynthesis
predators
communicate
nekton
38. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecosystem
rain forest
ecology
symbiotic
39. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
nitrogen cycle
run-off
mutualism
commensalism
40. Animal hunted or caught for food
food web
prey
desert
infer
41. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
mutualism
fossil fuel
humidity
evaporation
42. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
desert
omnivore
prey
precipitation
43. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
run-off
precipitation
photosynthesis
intertidal zone
44. A close relationship of mutual dependence
fossil fuel
ecology
community
symbiotic
45. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
habitat
symbiotic
food web
predator
46. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
tundra
watershed
ecosystem
ecology
47. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
wetlands
water cycle
intertidal zone
run-off
48. Any nonliving component of an environment
evaporation
herbivore
abiotic
condensation
49. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
desert
habitat
biotic
fossil fuel
50. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
desert
food chain
run-off
scavenger