Community Ecology

What type of species interaction is the following: a killer whale kills and eats a seal. 

• commensalism 
• predation 
• mutualism 
• competition 

What type of species interaction is the following: two bears fighting over the same mate. 

• predation 
• mutualism 
• competition 
• parasitism 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

_______ is when 2 or more species live in close association. 

• predation 
• competition 
• symbiosis 
• food web 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Name the species interaction: a bee and flower both benefit from their relationship. 

• commensalism 
• mutualism 
• parasitism 
• competition 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Name the species interaction: a mosquito feeds on human blood & transfers a disease. 

• competition
• parasitism 
• predation
• mutualism 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Name the species interaction: A decorator crab camouflages itself with sponges. Sponges are unaffected. 

• competition 
• predation
• commensalism
• mutualism 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

—______ is a series of changes that occur in a community over time after disturbances. 

• community succession 
• ecological succession 
• population succession 
• tertiary succession 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Name the type of succession in which some life is left after a disturbance. 

• primary sucession
• secondary succession
• tertiary succession
• quaternary succession 

___ is the first species to inhabit barren area. 

• climax species
• endangered species
• threatened species
• pioneer species 

According to the competitive exclusion principle, two species cannot continue to occupy the same:

• Habitat
• Niche
• Territory
• Range

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2