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