Quiz about Ecosystem Relationships

Question 1

A close long term relationship between two or more organisms is called...

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symbiotic relationship

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limiting factor

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carrying capacity

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survival rate

Question 2

A relationship between organisms where they both benefit...

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mutualism

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parasitism

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commensalism

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carrying capacity

Question 3

a relationship between organisms where one benefits and the other is unaffected...

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commensalism

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parasitism

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mutualism

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limiting factor

Question 4

A relationship between organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed...

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parasitism

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mutualism

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commensalism

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survival rate

Question 5

When an organism is seriously at risk of extinction it is called?

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endangered

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symbiotic relationships

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mutualism

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carrying capacity

Question 6

The end of an organisms or group of organisms is called what?

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extinction

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endangered

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limiting factor

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symbiotic relationships

Question 7

The role an organism plays in its environment is called what?

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niche

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carrying capactiy

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limiting factor

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survival rate

Question 8

The number of individuals alive after a given period of time is called what?

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survival rate

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symbiotic relationship

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extinction

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endangered

Question 9

The largest number of individuals of a species that a particular environment can support...

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carrying capacity

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mutualism

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symbiotic relationship

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niche

Question 10

Things that prevent a population from growing any larger such as food, disease, hunting, etc. are called what?

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limiting factors

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symbiotic relationships

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endangered

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niche

Question 11

In a parasitic relationship, one organism is ___________ and one organism is benefiting.

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harmed

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helped

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not effected

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happy

Question 12

In a mutual relationship, both organisms are ________________.

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benefiting

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hurt

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not effected

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harmed

Question 13

Commensalism is where one organism is benefiting and the other organism is _____________________.

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not effected

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helped

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harmed

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hurt

Question 14

1.  A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of _________________. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar.

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mutual relationship

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commensal relationship

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parasitic relationship

Question 15

When a dog and a tick are in a relationship. The dog is being harmed and the tick is benefiting. The tick is using the dog as it's ____________.

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host

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harmer

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parasite

Question 16

A shark has barnacles that attach to his skin. The barnacles get a free ride from the shark. The shark is not helped by this relationship. This is an example of _________.

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commensalism

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parasitism

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mutualism

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competition

Question 17

Lichens are made of fungi and algae that benefit from growing together. Which of these best describes this relationship?

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mutual

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parasitic

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commensal

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competetive

Question 18

Which interaction benefits both organisms?

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A bee pollinating a flower

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A flea living on a dog

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A tapeworm living inside an animal

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A mosquito biting a person

Question 19

An organism that is eaten by another organism

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prey

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pray

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predator

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hamburger

Question 20

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

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predator/prey

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mutualism

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competition

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parasitism

Question 21

Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds.

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Mutualism

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Commensalism

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Parasitism

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Competition

Question 22

Two male Giraffes are fighting over the last green leaf of a tree that is dying.

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Competition

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Mutualsim

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Predation

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Commensalism

Question 23

A symbiotic relationship that involves species having to fight for something they both need or want

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competition

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predation

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commensalism

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parasitism

Question 24

Define competition

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when more than one organism is trying to use the same resource

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an organism that must ingest other organisms for nutrients

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the living parts of an ecosystem, such as organisms and populations

Question 25

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

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host, parasite

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host, hostess

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parasite, host

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prey, predator

Question 26

A coyote captures, kills, and eats a rabbit. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

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predation

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mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

Question 27

The flower of the yucca plant provides the only location where the yucca moth can lay her eggs. In the process, the moth pollinates the yucca flower. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

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mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

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predation

Question 28

Cleaner shrimp living in the ocean eat ectoparasites (parasites on the outer surface of the animal) off of fish. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

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mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

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predation

Question 29

What is an example of a limiting factor

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all of the above

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food

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water

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shelter

Question 30

Carrying Capacity is

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the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support

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the capacity of what one person can carry per day

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how many animals you have in your daily bag limit at the end of the year

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wildebeest at a watering hole with zebras

Question 31

Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of a limiting factor?

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Water

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the color of the sky

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Migration

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Thick fur

Question 32

Will competition increase/decrease the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for the animal in competition?

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Decrease

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Increase

Question 33

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

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The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity

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Continues to grow

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The population will go extinct due to lack of resources

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The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

Question 34

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

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Grass available

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Squirrel Population

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Sunlight

Question 35

This may cause the population of a certain species to increase.

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all of these

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increase of food supply

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removal or decrease in number of predators

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elimination of disease

Question 36

This may cause the population of a certain species to decrease.

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all of these

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increase in competition for food

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increase of number of predators

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introduction of a disease

Question 37

Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting to large.

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True

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False

Question 38

If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?

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The bird population would decrease

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The bird population would stay the same

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The bird population would infinitely increase

Question 39

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

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1000

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8000

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800

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600

Ecosystem Relationships

40 questions

A close long term relationship between two or more organisms is called...

A relationship between organisms where they both benefit...

a relationship between organisms where one benefits and the other is unaffected...

A relationship between organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed...

When an organism is seriously at risk of extinction it is called?

The end of an organisms or group of organisms is called what?

The role an organism plays in its environment is called what?

The number of individuals alive after a given period of time is called what?

The largest number of individuals of a species that a particular environment can support...

Things that prevent a population from growing any larger such as food, disease, hunting, etc. are called what?

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