Chapter 14 Introduction to Ecology Section 2

A bumble bee gathers nectar from cucumber plants, and as a result, the bumblebee cross-pollinates the plants.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• plant-herbivore

A deer tick attaches to a deer and receives a blood meal.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• competition

Two male lions fight over territory

• competition

• parasitism

• predator-prey

• mutualism

A deer eats leaves from trees

• predator-prey

• parasitism

• commensalism

• plant-herbivore

The fungi that causes ringworm grows on human skin

• parasitism

• predator-prey

• competition

• mutualism

A lion stalks, kills, and eats an antelope

• plant-herbivore

• parasitism

• competition

• predator-prey

Termites live in colonies. A king and a queen produce young. Workers gather food. Soldiers defend the colony

• cooperation

• commensalism

• mutualism

• competition

Egrets follow cattle and eat insects that are disturbed by the cattle’s grazing. Egrets benefit form the cattle, but the cattle receive no benefit from the egrets.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• cooperation

Zebra mussels and Mississippi River mussels eat the same types of food and live in the same types of habitats. When zebra mussels are introduced into a habitat, Mississippi River mussels decline

• predator-prey

• plant-herbivore

• parasitism

• competition

An oak tree grows beside a pine tree. Eventually, the oak tree overshadows the pine tree, and the pine tree dies.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• cooperation

• competition