Interactions of Species Review

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

 Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. This relationship neither helps nor harms the snails.

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

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Ostriches and Gazelles feed next to each other.  They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger.  Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats the other animal would not as readily see.  

• Parasitism
• Commensalism
•  Mutualism 
• Competition.  

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Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds.  

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Competition

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Rabbits and sheep both graze on shrubs, grasses, and other plants.  The increase in the population of rabbits in a region may result in a shortage of plants for sheep to graze upon.  After the increase of rabbits the relationship between sheep and rabbits will be __________.

• Competition
• Predation
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

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Mistletoe take water and nutrients from the spruce tree, harming the tree. The mistletoe benefits.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

Sharks consume (eat) smaller fish they catch in the ocean. Frogs catch and eat flying insects in ponds. What type of relationship is this?

• mutulism

• predation

• parasitism

• interspecific

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Sloth’s and monkeys share the same tropical habitat.  Deforestation is occurring limiting the space for these two species.  What will now occur between the two species?

• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Cooperation
• Competition

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A flea and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• competition

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.  What kind of relationship is this?

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

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