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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
scavenger
habitat
commensalism
intertidal zone
2. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
food web
fossil fuel
ecosystem
evaporation
3. Animal hunted or caught for food
prey
intertidal zone
tundra
herbivore
4. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
benthos
biotic
climate
predators
5. Animal hunted or caught for food
tundra
commensalism
biotic
prey
6. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
carbon cycle
herbivore
evaporation
climate
7. Any animal that feeds on flesh
deciduous forest
rain forest
deciduous forest
carnivore
8. An arid region with little or no vegetation
desert
fossil fuel
abiotic
nitrogen cycle
9. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
climate
wetlands
deciduous forest
abiotic
10. The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air - changing from liquid to gas to liquid
habitat
water cycle
biotic
ecosystem
11. Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year
predators
water cycle
rain forest
food chain
12. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
fossil fuel
commensalism
ecology
plankton
13. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
carnivore
niche
abiotic
fossil fuel
14. Transmit information
food web
prey
communicate
photosynthesis
15. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
food chain
predators
population
wetlands
16. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
condensation
deciduous forest
precipitation
intertidal zone
17. The amount of moisture in the air
evaporation
humidity
niche
food web
18. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
benthos
nekton
food chain
precipitation
19. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
biotic
food chain
climate
evaporation
20. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
omnivore
nitrogen cycle
desert
wetlands
21. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
evaporation
parasitism
predator
population
22. Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
ecology
nekton
carbon cycle
nitrogen cycle
23. Transmit information
predator
biotic
carnivore
communicate
24. Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
population
biotic
nekton
photosynthesis
25. The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
photosynthesis
precipitation
wetlands
evaporation
26. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
omnivore
food chain
infer
scavenger
27. A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil - coal - and natural gas
biotic
fossil fuel
niche
prey
28. A close relationship of mutual dependence
communicate
symbiotic
watershed
nekton
29. Animals that hunt and eat other animals
commensalism
predators
population
infer
30. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
habitat
condensation
parasitism
intertidal zone
31. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
watershed
water cycle
climate
run-off
32. Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
run-off
mutualism
scavenger
intertidal zone
33. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
ecosystem
tundra
evaporation
omnivore
34. Tiny - free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
infer
infer
omnivore
plankton
35. Living and nonliving things in an environment - together with their interactions
wetlands
climate
ecosystem
humidity
36. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
nitrogen cycle
nekton
mutualism
watershed
37. Ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
ecosystem
wetlands
nekton
tundra
38. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
carbon cycle
prey
commensalism
food chain
39. The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use
carbon cycle
population
food web
nitrogen cycle
40. The process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
watershed
symbiotic
infer
evaporation
41. The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
run-off
wetlands
carnivore
niche
42. Organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
mutualism
population
photosynthesis
benthos
43. A close relationship of mutual dependence
rain forest
wetlands
intertidal zone
symbiotic
44. A vast - level - treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer
tundra
herbivore
infer
ecosystem
45. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
parasitism
deciduous forest
water cycle
omnivore
46. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
communicate
community
prey
climate
47. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
benthos
carbon cycle
food chain
niche
48. Area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide lines
wetlands
carbon cycle
intertidal zone
evaporation
49. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
carbon cycle
run-off
condensation
carnivore
50. One organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
herbivore
predators
parasitism
commensalism