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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions






2. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






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






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






6. Transmit information






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






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






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






10. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment






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






12. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year






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






14. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






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






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






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






18. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten






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






20. Animal hunted or caught for food






21. Conclude by reasoning






22. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas






23. The living organisms in an ecosystem






24. Animal hunted or caught for food






25. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment






26. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments






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






28. The amount of moisture in the air






29. Any nonliving component of an environment






30. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area






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






32. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten






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






34. A close relationship of mutual dependence






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






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






37. Transmit information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year






46. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments






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






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






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






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