10.2 Quiz - Relationships in Ecosystems

This is the way a species interacts with abiotic & biotic factors to obtain, food, shelter, & meet other needs.

• competition

• niche

• overpopulation

• symbiosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This describes interactions between 2 or more organisms that need the same resources at the same time.

• competition

• niche

• overpopulation

• symbiosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

This occurs when a population becomes so large that it causes damage to the environment.

• competition

• niche

• overpopulation

• symbiosis

This is the act of one organism, a predator, feeding on another organism, its prey.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is a close, long-term relationship between two species that usually involves and exchange of food or energy.

• competition

• niche

• overpopulation

• symbiosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

This is a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits & the other in not harmed or helped.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

This is a symbiotic relationship in which one organism is helped while the other is harmed.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

A habitat is usually ____.

• shared by many species

• lived in by only one species

• shared by no more than 2 species

• not able to support any species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Each species that shares a habitat has a ____.

• shared niche

• separate biome

• separate niche

• separate ecosystem