Ecological Relationships Lesson

Ecological Relationships Lesson

​Closing the Gap

​Closing the Gap

​Think/Pair/Share - What is another example of a predator/prey relationship?

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​Think/Pair/Share - What is are other examples of competition? What do organisms compete for?

Multiple Choice

What is the ecological relationship shown in this image of a robber fly consuming a beetle?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Predator-prey
• Competition

Multiple Choice

Cows and pronghorn both eat the same types of food in areas of Utah. What is the ecological relationship?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Competition

Multiple Choice

Plover birds typically eat parasites trapped inside of crocodiles' mouths. The plover receives a meal, while the crocodile is rid of parasites. What type of ecological relationships does this scenario represent?

• Mutualism

• Predator/Prey

• Competition

• Commensalism

Multiple Choice

Cordyceps are a type of a fungi that hijack insects muscular and nervous systems, eventually leading to the death of the insect. What type of relationship is this?

• Commensalism

• Predator/Prey

• Parasitism

• Competition

Multiple Choice

A feeder fish usually follows behind sharks to pick up food scraps that they leave behind. The fish gets food and the shark is unaffected. This is an example of:

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Decomposition

Multiple Choice

A clownfish uses a sea anenome as a safe place to live. While living there, the clownfish lures in food for the anenome. This is an example of what type of relationship?

• Predator-Prey
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

This is known as a relationship in which one organism benefits, while the other is unaffected.

• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Immigration
• Commensalism

Multiple Choice

A feeding relationship where one organism hunts and one is hunted.

• Commensalism
• Decomposistion
• Mutualism
• Predator-Prey