14 questions
What is the general term used to describe the interaction between two different organisms that are living in close physical association?
Symbiosis
Prey
Predation
Photosynthesis
The name of the animal in an ecological relationship that results in another animal being hunted, killed, and eat corresponds to
Omnivore
Predator
Prey
Carnivore
What is the ecological symbiotic relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed?
Herbivore.
Parasitism.
Mutualism.
Commensalism.
What you would call an ecological symbiotic relationship between two organisms where one benefits, but the other is not helped or harmed?
Commensalism.
Predation.
Parasitism.
Mutualism.
A sea cucumber is an animal that lives in the ocean. An imperial shrimp will ride on the back of the sea cucumber as a way of easy travel through the ocean. The sea cucumber is not helped or harmed. Which type of relationship do these animals have?
Parasitism.
Mutualism.
Predation.
Commensalism.
Ostriches and gazelles are two animals that live in Africa. They graze for food near each other because they help each other spot predators. The gazelle has excellent eyesight, but poor hearing, and the ostrich has excellent hearing, but poor eyesight. These two animals will alert one another when danger is near. Which term best describes this relationship?
Mutualism.
Predation.
Parasitism.
Commensalism.
A person eats undercooked meat from an animal infected with tapeworms. The tapeworm then lives in the person’s intestines and absorbs important nutrients that the person needs. This tapeworm causes harm to the person. Which type of relationship is described?
Prey
Parasitism
Predation
Mutualism
Barnacles are sea creatures that create a home by attaching themselves to whales. The whales are unaffected by the barnacles. Which term best describes this symbiotic relationship?
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
Predation
A mistletoe plant attaches itself to a spruce tree causing harm by absorbs the tree’s water and nutrients. What type of relationship does this describe?
Predation
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
A cuckoo and a warbler are both birds. A cuckoo will find the nest of warbler instead of building her own, and she harms the warbler by knocking a warbler egg out of nest and laying her own. When the warbler mother returns, she isn’t aware of the switch. The warbler will then raise the baby cuckoo bird instead of her own baby. Which term best describes this relationship?
Parasitism
Mutualism
Predation
Commensalism
Explain the importance of the interspecific associations in, at least, a 150 words paragraph.
An interspecific relationship exist between individual members of ______________ species.
Many
Different
The same
Much
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