Ecological Relationships and Food Webs

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What is an organism that gets its food by eating other living organisms?

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Consumer

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Which is NOT a type of symbiotic relationship? Options: mutualism, predation, commensalism, parasitism

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predation

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When two species within a community rely on the same limited resource for survival it is called --

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competition

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These organisms eat only producers in an ecosystem.

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herbivores

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Which of the following is a correct list of the symbiotic relationships in nature?

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parasitism, commensalism, mutualism

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Skunk Cabbage plants attract flies in cool weather by making heat and provide food to the flies that come. The flies move from one Skunk Cabbage plant to the next feeding and transferring pollen as they go. This is an example of –

commensalism

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parasitism

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mutualism

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predation

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mutualism

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The Cattle Egret forages in pastures and fields among livestock such as cattle and horses feeding on the insects stirred up by the movement of the grazing animals. The cows and horses are not bothered by the cattle egrets. This is an example of – commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, predation.

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commensalism

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The human intestine provides food for bacteria that help digest cellulose from plants. This is an example of --

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mutualism

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Which of the following is NOT considered to be a symbiotic relationship?

• A hawk feeding on a field mouse
• Worms living in a cow's intestine
• A deer tick feeding on a host animal
• A bee pollinating a flower

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A hawk feeding on a field mouse

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A plover is an animal that picks and eats scraps of meat from the crocodile’s teeth. The crocodile gets a free teeth-cleaning! This is an example of --

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mutualism