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