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