Symbiosis Vocabulary Quiz

What is the relationship between two organisms in an ecosystem?

• symbiosis
• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism

What is a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms are helped?

• symbiosis
• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism

What is a symbiotic relationship in which one organism is helped and the other is not affected?

• symbiosis
• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism

What is a symbiotic relationship in which one organism is helped and the other is harmed?

• symbiosis
• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism

An interaction between organisms or species in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another is called _______.

• competition
• adaptation
• natural selection
• limiting factor

A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce is called an _______.

• competition
• adaptation
• natural selection
• limiting factors

The process where organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and pass on their genetic traits is called ______.

• competition
• adaptation
• natural selection
• limiting factors

Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails is an example of ______. 

• mutualism
• commmensalism
• parasitism

Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the body of a black sea bass is an example of _______.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism

Mistletoe inserts its roots into a spruce tree and steals water and nutrients from the spruce tree is an example of _______.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism