Ecological Relationships - Lesson

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of predation?

• A female lion stalks a gazelle. She charges and captures the prey

• Oxpeckers are a type of bird that eat ticks, fleas, and lice that feed on giraffes

• The cattle egret eats insects stirred up by a buffalo walking through a field

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of mutualism?

• A female lion stalks a gazelle. She charges and captures the prey

• Oxpeckers are a type of bird that eat ticks, fleas, and lice that feed on giraffes

• The cattle egret eats insects stirred up by a buffalo walking through a field

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of commensalism?

• A female lion stalks a gazelle. She charges and captures the prey

• Oxpeckers are a type of bird that eat ticks, fleas, and lice that feed on giraffes

• The cattle egret eats insects stirred up by a buffalo walking through a field

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of parasitism?

• A fungus-infected caterpillar will "plant" itself into the ground. The fungus grows, digesting the caterpillar from the inside

• Tree frogs use trees for protection from the rain

• An eagle and a bear both feed on the same species of salmon in the same location

Match

Match the following

• a relationship formed when 2 organisms live close to one another in a way that benefits at least one of them

• Both organisms benefit

• One organism benefits, the other is unharmed/unaffected

• One organism benefits, the other is harmed

Symbiosis

Mutualism

Commensalism

Parasitism

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of competition?

• A fungus-infected caterpillar will "plant" itself into the ground. The fungus grows, digesting the caterpillar from the inside

• Tree frogs use trees for protection from the rain

• An eagle and a bear both feed on the same species of salmon in the same location