Ecosystems/Ecology

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Which symbols best describe parasitism?

• +,+
• +,-
• +,0
• -,0

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource

• mutualism

• succession

• symbiosis

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. As the barnacle is a filter feeder, it also gets access to more water (and more food) due to the relationship. Whale is unaffected.

• symbiosis

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

Which animal is the apex predator?

• hawk
• lizard
• snake
• grass

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Autotroph
• Heterotroph 

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food.