Relationships in ecosystems

A habitat is ___________________.

• the place or kind of place in which an animal or plant naturally lives.

• is how plants produce their own food.

• is an animal that only eats meat.

• the place where only one animal lives.

In a habitat, animals have a __________, which is how they interact, get food and shelter.

• niche

• ecosystem

• community

• population

Which symbols best describe mutualism?

• +,+
• +,-
• +,0

Which symbols best describe parasitism?

• +,+
• +,-
• +,0

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which symbols best describe commensalism?

• +,+
• +,-
• +,0

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism

Silverfish live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey.  They neither help nor harm the ants. 

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A wrasse fish feeds on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body. Both species benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism