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