Ecology 1

Female penguins fighting for space on the shore for dominance and first pick of nesting space is an example of

• competition

• mutualism

• decomposition

• commensalism

What does symbiosis mean?

• living in a community with no interactions with each other

• living together in close relationship

• living together in fear of one another

The deer gets ticks in the woods in the summer. What type of symbiotic relationship is between the deer and the tick?

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

• competition

In the relationship between the deer and tick, what is the deer?

• parasite

• prey

• host

• predator

A water bird rests on top of the water buffalo and eats bugs the water buffalo attracts, what type of relationship is this?

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• competition

What type of specific relationship is occurring between the whale shark and the fish?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• symbiotic

• parasitism

What type of symbiotic relationship is demonstrated between the bee and the flower?

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

Penny has been assigned the job of determining the population size of a local frog species to determine is the population is being affected by a parasitic beetle within the last month.

What observation would Penny make to determine the frogs ARE being affected?

• an increase in the frog population

• a decrease in the frog population

• no change in the frog population

• a decrease then an increase in the population

Choose the answer that has the terms in order from smallest grouping to the largest grouping.

• ecosystem, population, community

• population, community, ecosystem

• community, ecosystem, population

• ecosystem, community, population

What is an example of an abiotic factor affecting an area?

• two competing species of lizards

• water flooding an area

• parasites in a pond

• introducing a new type of bushes