Predator vs Prey / Competition / Mutually Beneficial in an Ecosystem

What factors will cause a change in an ecosystem's structure?

• Number of organisms competing for the same food source

• Amount of food sources available

• Amount of space given in an ecosystem

• All of the above would cause a change in the structure of an ecosystem

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In a forest community, an introduced bird species enters the ecosystem and hunts for the same fish as another species. This would be an example of an increase in ________ among the bird species.

• abiotic factors

• competition

• space

• food supply

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A wolf hunts for deer in an ecosystem. Identify the correct relationship below.

• Both organisms are producers.

• Both organisms are scavengers.

• Wolf is the prey and the deer is the predator.

• Wolf is the predator and the deer is the prey.

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In the food chain, "sun - grass - grasshopper - frog - snake," what would happen to the population if the grass all died?

• The frog population would decrease.

• The frog population would stay the same.

• The frog population would increase.

• The grasshopper population would increase.

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Two populations with limited resources experience ____________________.

• predation

• parasitism

• competition

• mutually beneficial relationships

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The clownfish lives among the tentacles of tropical sea anemones. The stinging tentacles of the anemone protect the clownfish from predators. The mucus on the fish protects it from the tentacles. In turn, the anemone is provided food from the predators that approach the anemone to eat the clownfish. What type of relationship does this example describe?

• Mutually beneficial

• Predator & Prey

• Consumer & Producer

• Competition

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Which one of the characteristics of living things is involved when a rabbit eats plants?

• adapting to environment

• reproduction

• gas exchange

• use energy

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Which of the following populations begins the flow of energy through a forest food web?

• birds

• grass

• squirrels

• frog

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Identify the example of a decomposer

• bacteria

• mushroom

• worm

• all of the organisms are decomposers

A robin eats a worm. The worm would be an example of

• prey

• predator

• herbivore

• scavenger

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