Ecosystem Relationships

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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Barn owls hunt shrews. In this example what is a barn owl?

• Herbivore/Predator
• Carnivore/Prey
• Carnivore/Predator

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A consumer that hunts is called:

• a producer.
• an omnivore.
• a predator.
• a herbivore.

If a hawk eats a snake, the snake is the...

• Predator
• Alpha
• Prey
• Mutualistic partner

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What role does the mouse play?

• Predator
• Prey

A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.

• mutualism
• competition
• predator/prey
• parasitism

What factor would cause animals of the same species to begin competing with one another?

• increase in precipitation         
• the presence of decomposers
• the introduction of a new food source
• limited supply of resources

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In an ecosystem, members of the lizards are observed eating members of the insect population.  In this same ecosystem, birds are also observed using insects as a food source.  The relationship between lizards and birds would best be described as –

• predator
•  competitive
• parasitic
• mutualistic

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Animals of the same species would most likely compete over a limited amount of -

• minerals
• Oxygen
• sunlight
• mating partners

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Which is NOT an example of an ecosystem resource?

• Sunlight

• Food/water

• Space/shelter

• a mate

• school supplies

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