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