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