Cluster 5 Quizziz

The relationship of a host and a parasite is one type of symbiosis. Which of the following pairs of animals is most likely to have the relationship of host and parasite?

• hawk and trout

• Human and tapeworm

• pilot fish and shark

• rhinoceros and oxpecker

Bobcats hunt small animals such as rabbits in the Florida Everglades. When human pet owners released snakes called pythons in the Everglades, these new predators also hunted the rabbits. The population of rabbits decreased. What effect did this population change most likely have on bobcats?

• The bobcats decreased in number

• The bobcats increased in number

• The bobcats were not affected

• The bobcats became extinct

White sands, New Mexico, is an area of desert where the ground is white instead of dark. Lizards living in other parts of the desert have dark, striped skin. Many lizards of the same species living at White Sands have white skin. Which of the following statements best explains this?

• All lizards can change their skin color to match their environment

• All the white lizards born in the desert move to the White Sands area.

• Lizards born in the White Sands area acquire white skin during their lifetimes.

• White skin has developed in the White Sands lizard population through natural selection.

Food webs show the relationships among different kinds of organisms. The diagram shows a food web. WHich group of organisms is missing from the food web shown?

• consumers

• decomposers

• parasites

• producers

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In an ecosystem, energy is transferred from one organism to another. Which of the following best shows the transfer of energy among organisms in an ecosystem's food web?

• omnivore-->carnivore--> herbivore-->producer

• producer-->herbivore-->carnivore-->decomposer

• producer-->decomposer-->herbivore-->omnivore

• carnivore-->herbivore-->decomposer-->omnivore

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The fox in this food web would be considered a:

• Tertiary Consumer
• Producer
• Secondary Consumer
• Primary Consumer

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What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

• There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
• There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
• There would be a decrease in the mice population.
• There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

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Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk
• Spider
• Grasshopper
• Shrew

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Which pair of classifications is best supported by the information in the table?

• Organism 1 belongs to kingdom Plantae, and Organism 2 belongs to Fungi.

• Organism 1 belongs to kingdom Fungi, and Organism 2 belongs to Plantae.

• Organism 1 belongs to kingdom Fungi, and Organism 2 belongs to Animalia.

• Organism 1 belongs to kingdom Animalia, and Organism 2 belongs to Protista.