Ecology Unit 2

Egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Tapeworms live in the intestines of cats where they steal food, and cause the cat to be weakened. A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• competition

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.

• mutualism
• competition
• predator/prey
• parasitism

An organism's _________ is defined as the environment in which it lives.

• habitat
• niche
• social structure
• ecosystem

The term for the role an organism has in the community.

• niche
• habitat
• tolerances
• competition

Which is an example of interspecific competition

• All the types of trees in the rainforest competing for light

• tadpoles in a pond competing for food

• big horn sheep competing for mates

• Wolves competing for food in the pack

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which is an example of intraspecific competition

• 2 types of bacteria competing for food

• Big horn sheep competing for mates

• All of the types of trees in the rain forest competing for light

• Lions and leopards competing for food