Ecological Relationships

Pseudoscorpions often hitch rides on the backs of large beetles or true bugs. What is the ecological relationship?

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Cooperation

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Barnacles sometimes live on the outside surface of other larger shelled organisms without causing any harm. What is the ecological relationship?

• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Predator-Prey

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Cows and pronghorn both eat the same types of food in areas of Utah. What is the ecological relationship?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Competition

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Ants protect soft bodied aphids and in return the aphids feed the ants a sugary drink. What is the ecological relationship?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

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What is the ecological relationship shown in this image of a robberfly and beetle?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Predator-prey
• Competition

What term best describes the vole, the small rodent, in this image?

• Prey
• Predator
• Producer
• Competition

A feeding relationship where one organism hunts and one is hunted.

• Commensalism
• Decomposistion
• Mutualism
• Predator-Prey

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An animal that hunts and consumes other organisms is known as a:

• Prey
• Decomposer
• Predator
• Commensalist

An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a:

• Predator
• Autotroph
• Producer
• Decomposer

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The organism that is hunted and eaten in a particular feeding relationship is known as:

• Predator
• Decomposer
• Prey
• Autotroph

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