Ecological Relationships

In a predator-prey relationship, when the population of the predator increases, the population of the prey will ____________.

• Increase

• Remain Stable

• Decrease

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In a symbiotic relationship when both organisms benefit, this is called _____________.

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Which of the following are symbiotic relationships?

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Competition

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

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When two organisms occupy the same niche, there will be _____________. (HINT: The word in the blank starts with the letter C.)

True or False. Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefitted.

• True

• False

A honeybee and flower relationship in which the flower provides nectar for the honey and the honey can help pollinate other flowers is an example of ________________.

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Competition

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The symbiotic relationship illustrated here is ____________.

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Predation

The ecological relationship illustrated here is _______________.

The competitive exclusion principle states that no two species can occupy the same _________. (HINT: The word in the blank starts with the letter "N".)