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Ecosystems - Study Guide Chapter 4



Short Answer
 

 1. 

A living thing that is hunted for food is a _________________________.
 

 2. 

Organisms that break down dead matter are ___________________________.
 

 3. 

All the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other is a(n) ______________________.
 

 4. 

The study of interactions between living things and their environment is called ____________________.
 

 5. 

Evaporation is a process that occurs in the _________________ __________________.
 

 6. 

An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a(n) _____________________.
 

 7. 

An animal that eats only producers is a(n) ___________________________.
 

 8. 

Because it eats only other animals, a mountain lion is a(n) _________________________.
 

 9. 

The process in which a liquid changes directly to a gas is called ________________________.
 

 10. 

The place where an organism lives is its ______________________.
 

 11. 

Snow, rain, sleet, and hail are all examples of ________________________.
 

 12. 

The process in which a gas changes into a liquid is called ___________________________.
 

 13. 

The burning of fossil fuels releases ____________________ _____________________.
 

 14. 

Overlapping food chains are called ___________________ _______________.
 

 15. 

In an ecosystem, soil is an example of a(n) ____________________ __________________.
 

 16. 

The continuous transfer of carbon between the atmosphere and living things is called the ___________________ ________________.
 

 17. 

Since it feeds only on the remains of dead animals, a hyena is considered a(n) _________________________.
 

 18. 

A mouse is prey to animals such as hawks and owls, which are _______________________.
 

 19. 

Denitrifying bacteria play an important role in the ___________________ ______________.
 

 20. 

Energy is passed from producers to consumers to decomposers in a(n) ______________ ______________________.
 

 21. 

In an ecosystem, a plant is an example of a(n) __________________ _______________.
 

Other
 

 22. 

Word Bank:  prey, ecosystem, ecology, omnivore, herbivore, evaporation, habitat, condensation, food webs, carbon cycle, predators, abiotic factor, scavenger, nitrogen cycle, biotic factor, food chain, water cycle, carnivore, precipitation, carbon dioxide, decomposers
 



 
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