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