Ecosystems

A/an __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment.

• population

• niche

• abitotic

• ecosystem

Which organisms make their own food through the process of photosynthesis?

• decomposer

• consumer

• herbivore

• producer

How do consumers get their energy? 

• laying in the sun
• eating other organisms 
• providing food for other organisms
• surviving in an ecosystem 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An example of a structural adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell

• the spikes on a porcupine fish

• a rabbit burrowing underground

• a viper biting when threatened

In the desert, a bird builds its nest in a cactus to avoid predators.  This behavior does not hurt or help the cactus, but it helps the bird.  What type of relationship is this?

• Competition
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

Which organisms are in competition for the same food?

• fox and owl 
• spider and fly 
• rabbit and mouse
• deer and owl 

Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. The oxpeckers get a meal and the rhinoceros is helped by the removal of the ticks. This is an example of

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• competition

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed. This is an example of...

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• competition

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower. This is an example of

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation