Community Ecology AP BIO Review

Type of symbiosis: Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

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A human & a Tape Worm: The tape worm gets a place to live in the intestines of the human and food from the human. The human loses weight and nutrients from the tape worm.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism

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Bees use flower nectar for food, and they carry flower pollen to other flowers, allowing the flower to reproduce.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism

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Starfish are probably the most important predator in the shallow ecosystem because they eat basically anything that they can come across. Their feeding activities control the whole ecosystem. This is an example of the starfish ___.

• habitat
• biotic factors
• tolerance level
• niche

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Tree kangaroos live in the upper branches of trees in the rainforests of Queensland, as well as on the island of New Guinea. This is an example of the tree kangaroos ___.

• niche
• habitat
• community
• population

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

What is the name of an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals?

• producer
• prey
• predator
• decomposer

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All the different populations that live together in an area make up a(n)

• community.
• ecosystem.
• organism.
• species.

Several species of warblers can live in the same spruce tree ONLY because they

• have different habitats within the tree.
• don’t eat food from the tree.
• occupy different niches within the tree.
• can find different temperatures within the tree.

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A symbiotic relationship in which one organism is harmed and another benefits is

• mutualism

• parasitism.

• commensalism.

• predation.