7th Life Science Review - Ecology

A parrotfish will graze with a rabbitfish for protection. The rabbitfish doesn't benefit.
What type of relationship is this?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• none of the above

Human intestines give good bacteria a place to live. The good bacteria help break down food. What type of relationship is this?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• none of the above

Hook worms enter through the skin and live off the blood of the host.
What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• none of the above

After walking through a field, you find a tick attached to your leg. What is the tick's relationship to you?

• Predator
• Decomposer
• Producer
• Prey

A close long term association between 2 or more species

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Symbiosis
• Parasitism

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Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives.  The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first.  Then the honey guide birds eat.  

• mutualism
• commensalism
• predation
• competition

The stork uses its saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats.  As a result, the dead animal carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying.  

• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Predation

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.  What kind of relationship is this?

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

• Predation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

What term is given by scientists to the living parts of an ecosystem?

• Biotic Factors
• Abiotic Factors
• Community
• Population