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