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