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