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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






3. Conclude by reasoning






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






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






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






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






8. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected






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






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






11. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions






12. Any nonliving component of an environment






13. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






16. An arid region with little or no vegetation






17. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






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






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






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






22. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it






23. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back






24. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected






25. The amount of moisture in the air






26. The living organisms in an ecosystem






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






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






29. A close relationship of mutual dependence






30. The amount of moisture in the air






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






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






33. Transmit information






34. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






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






36. An arid region with little or no vegetation






37. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship






38. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back






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






40. Any animal that feeds on flesh






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






42. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use






43. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






45. Any nonliving component of an environment






46. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






48. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer






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






50. A close relationship of mutual dependence