Ecosystems and Evolution

What is another word for an animal's home?

• Habitat
• Niche
• Population
• Organism

An adaptation a walrus has is:

• It has long tusks to pull itself up on ice
• It eats fish
• It likes to sleep and be awake
• It lives in the tundra

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An adaptation a desert tortoise has is:

• Long, fin-like legs to move easily in water
• Short, stumpy legs with claws to walk easily across sand

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What 4 things does an organism need to survive?

• Food, water, shelter, space
• Food, friends, shelter, space
• Water, shelter, prey, predators
• Shelter, food, water, humans

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Which type of symbiosis has both organisms benefit?

• Symbiosis
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Mutualism

In which type of symbiosis does one organism benefit and one is not affected?

• Symbiosis
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

In which type of symbiosis does one benefit and one is harmed?

• Symbiosis 
• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Commensalism

A hookworm living in the intestines of a dog and taking nutrients away from the dog, making it sick shows:

• Parasitism
• Organism
• Mutualism
• Commensalism

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A cattle egret hanging out on top of an elephant and eating insects that fly up out of the grass as the elephant walks shows:

• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Organism

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Which of the following is an example of an interaction between a living and nonliving organism?

• a snake using a mouse for food
• a worm using the soil as shelter
• a bird using an insect for food

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