Interaction Between Living and Their Environment Quiz

The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources is called

• competition.
• predation.
• symbiosis.
• parasitism.

A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species is called

• natural selection.
• symbiosis.
• adaptation.
• competition.

The bacteria that live in your intestine and help break down food are an example of which type of interaction?

• competition
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Which of the following describes an interaction in which one organism kills and eats another?

• competition
• symbiosis
• predation
• mutualism

When a jellyfish paralyses a tiny fish with its poisonous tentacles, the jellyfish is the 

• predator.
• prey.
• host.
• parasite.

A hawk building its nest on an arm of a saguaro cactus is an example of

• commensalism.
• mutualism.
• parasitism.
• predation.

Symbiosis where one organism benefits and one is harmed

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism

An animal that hunts other animals for food

• omnivore

• consumer

• predator

• prey

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

• producer

• consumer

• predator

• prey

When a jellyfish paralyses a tiny fish with its poisonous tentacles, the jellyfish is the 

• predator.
• prey.
• host.
• parasite.