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