Community Ecology

What effect does biodiversity have on a community?

• It makes destruction by insects impossible. 
• It makes primary succession more likely.   
•  It enables species to survive in a desert.
• It enables the community to withstand changes.

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Groups of species that live in a given area and interact are called a(n)...

• Community
• Colony
• Population
• Ecosystem

One type of competition involves individuals competing for resources. The other involves competition between different

• Organisms
• Populations
• Environments
• Relationships

Mutualism is…

• A relationship where only one species benefits.
• A relationship where both species suffer.
• A relationship where both species benefit.
• A relationship where both species have zero impact on each other

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Competition between members of the same species is called

• Intraspecific
• Interspecific
• Primary
• Secondary

Which of the following are considered to be a symbiotic relationship?

• A. Competition
• B. Commensalism
• C. Mutualism
• D. Both B and C.

The type of succession that occurs in an area with no life is:

• Intraspecific
• Interspecific
• Primary
• Secondary

Why don't parasites kill their hosts?

• It makes the parasite sick
• They don't
• The parasite would die
• The parasite gets full

Competition between members of different species

• Intraspecific
• Interspecific
• Primary
• Secondary

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Two members of the same species fight over who gets a certain food. Members of different species try to take over a certain nesting area. These are both examples of

• Community
• Competition
• Mutualism
• Commensalism