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Common Core Ecosystem

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter






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






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






4. An arid region with little or no vegetation






5. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






6. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs






7. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments






8. Any nonliving component of an environment






9. Transmit information






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






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






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






13. The living organisms in an ecosystem






14. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines






15. A close relationship of mutual dependence






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






17. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






19. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)






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






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






22. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains






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






24. The amount of moisture in the air






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






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






27. The living organisms in an ecosystem






28. Animals that hunt and eat other animals






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer






37. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)






38. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer






39. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals






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






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






42. Animal hunted or caught for food






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






44. An arid region with little or no vegetation






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






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






47. A close relationship of mutual dependence






48. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter






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






50. Animal hunted or caught for food







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