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