Ecosystem Interactions

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a 

• predator
• prey
• population

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Another word for a living thing is a:

• animal
• organism
• plant
• community

Which term best describes two predators living in the same habitat who feed on the same prey?

• coexistence
• competition
• mutualism

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A pride of lions stalks, tackles, and kills an antelope. Which is best being demonstrated?

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

A tapeworm inside a dog is

• competition

• predation

• commensalism

• parasitism

relationship in which two species live closely together

• resource

• mutualism

• succession

• symbiosis

A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called...

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• niche

symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other organism is not affected

• invasive (non-native) species

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

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symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

• competition

• Mutualism

• nitrogen fixation

• energy pyramid

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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

• Predatory

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