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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. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
mutualism
biotic
niche
predators
2. Transmit information
communicate
climate
plankton
symbiotic
3. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
wetlands
predator
nitrogen cycle
watershed
4. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
food chain
nekton
niche
scavenger
5. A close relationship of mutual dependence
symbiotic
intertidal zone
scavenger
herbivore
6. Transmit information
climate
evaporation
infer
communicate
7. Conclude by reasoning
infer
predators
evaporation
nitrogen cycle
8. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
desert
predators
benthos
photosynthesis
9. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
intertidal zone
desert
water cycle
plankton
10. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
prey
ecology
food chain
plankton
11. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals
predator
biotic
carnivore
evaporation
12. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
plankton
parasitism
water cycle
scavenger
13. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
intertidal zone
wetlands
predators
evaporation
14. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
ecosystem
deciduous forest
food web
communicate
15. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
photosynthesis
fossil fuel
rain forest
parasitism
16. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
plankton
evaporation
fossil fuel
symbiotic
17. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
tundra
evaporation
water cycle
condensation
18. A biome with four seasons - plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
prey
wetlands
water cycle
deciduous forest
19. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
run-off
evaporation
commensalism
ecology
20. Animal hunted or caught for food
photosynthesis
community
desert
prey
21. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
prey
infer
population
rain forest
22. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecosystem
plankton
niche
ecology
23. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
plankton
biotic
evaporation
prey
24. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
intertidal zone
prey
run-off
ecosystem
25. Animal hunted or caught for food
evaporation
food chain
prey
habitat
26. The land area that supplies water to a river system
nekton
evaporation
precipitation
watershed
27. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
predators
population
ecosystem
infer
28. Any nonliving component of an environment
abiotic
biotic
deciduous forest
carbon cycle
29. Conclude by reasoning
mutualism
infer
commensalism
scavenger
30. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
ecology
symbiotic
parasitism
omnivore
31. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
commensalism
deciduous forest
niche
benthos
32. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
tundra
desert
habitat
wetlands
33. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
predator
watershed
tundra
predators
34. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
parasitism
evaporation
omnivore
ecosystem
35. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
precipitation
community
herbivore
carbon cycle
36. Any animal that feeds on flesh
carnivore
nitrogen cycle
condensation
niche
37. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
nekton
carbon cycle
communicate
water cycle
38. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
run-off
habitat
desert
carbon cycle
39. The amount of moisture in the air
photosynthesis
climate
humidity
omnivore
40. Any nonliving component of an environment
communicate
desert
prey
abiotic
41. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
commensalism
omnivore
scavenger
symbiotic
42. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
ecosystem
watershed
intertidal zone
fossil fuel
43. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
climate
habitat
evaporation
commensalism
44. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
niche
nekton
habitat
benthos
45. Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
symbiotic
nekton
biotic
food chain
46. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
population
commensalism
plankton
evaporation
47. The land area that supplies water to a river system
symbiotic
symbiotic
predators
watershed
48. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
condensation
community
abiotic
precipitation
49. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
fossil fuel
population
run-off
wetlands
50. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
desert
population
community
nitrogen cycle