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- 1. Multiple Choice
1. A fox is carrying a dead squirrel as a hawk swoops down to grab it. They both pull on the squirrel but the flapping wings of the hawk against the face of the fox are strong enough to make the fox drop the squirrel.
MUTUALISM
COMMENSALISM
PREDATION
COMPETITION
PARASITISM
- 2. Multiple Choice
2. Wasp larvae can grow inside a type of caterpillar known as the Tomato Hornworm. The caterpillars are eventually killed when the larvae eat through and rupture its organs and skin as they exit their body.
MUTUALISM
COMMENSALISM
PREDATION
COMPETITION
PARASITISM
- 3. Multiple Choice
3. Barnacles are small sea creatures which filter plankton and other microscopic organisms from the water for food. Barnacles often attach themselves using a type of natural glue to larger animals such as whales and sea turtles, which inadvertently carry the barnacles to new sources of food when they move. Their “glue” is harmless.
MUTUALISM
COMMENSALISM
PREDATION
COMPETITION
PARASITISM
- 4. Multiple Choice
4. Two mule deer lock antlers as they demonstrate strength and worthiness to a female mule deer. The winner of this battle will mate with the female.
MUTUALISM
COMMENSALISM
PREDATION
COMPETITION
PARASITISM
- 5. Multiple Choice
5. Polar bears wander the ice looking for signs of seals. Once they find a seal they will attack and eat it
MUTUALISM
COMMENSALISM
PREDATION
COMPETITION
PARASITISM
- 6. Multiple Choice
Pseudoscorpions often hitch rides on the backs of large beetles or true bugs. What is the
ecological relationship?
Mutualism
Parasitism
Competition
Commensalism
- 7. Multiple Choice
What term best describes the grasshopper?
Competition
Predator-Prey
Herbivore
Producer
- 8. Multiple Choice
Barnacles sometimes live on the outside surface of other larger shelled organisms without
causing any harm. What is the ecological relationship?
Commensalism
Predation
Parasitism
Mutualism
- 9. Multiple Choice
Cows and pronghorn both eat the same types of food in areas of Utah. What is the ecological
relationship?
Predation
Competition
Commensalism
Mutualism
- 10. Multiple Choice
Ants protect soft bodied aphids and in return the aphids feed the ants a sugary drink. What is the
ecological relationship?
Predation
Mutualism
Commensalism
Competition
- 11. Multiple Choice
Chickens will eat both insects and seeds. Which term best describes this feeding pattern?
Carnivore
Omnivore
Producer
Herbivore
- 12. Multiple Choice
The ecological relationship between a hawk and a rabbit is the same type of relationship as that
between
a tick and a deer.
a mouse and a chipmunk.
a frog and an insect
bee and a flowering plant.
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