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Common Core Ecosystem

Subjects : common-core, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The amount of moisture in the air






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






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






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






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






6. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






7. Any nonliving component of an environment






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






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






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






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






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






13. The living organisms in an ecosystem






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






15. Conclude by reasoning






16. Any nonliving component of an environment






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






18. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






19. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






21. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






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






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






26. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances






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






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






29. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The amount of moisture in the air






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






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






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






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






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






42. The living organisms in an ecosystem






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






44. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other






45. Transmit information






46. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






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






49. Conclude by reasoning






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