Ecosystem and Ecological Interactions

The environment also includes ________, or living, factors.

• abiotic

• biotic

• living

• non-living

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A community of organisms and their environment is called a(n) ______________.

• Ecosystem

• Environment

• Interaction

• Community

________ make their own food while _______ must eat other organisms to get energy.

• Producers, consumers

• Decomposers, producers

• Consumers, producers

• Carnivores, herbivores

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A tick sucks blood from a dog. In this relationship, the tick is the _____ and the dog is the _______.

• parasite, host

• predator, host

• parasite, prey

• host, parasite

Nature's recyclers are ________

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

Remoras and sharks have a relationship that is best described as

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

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Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. This relationship neither helps nor harms the snails.

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Predator

• Prey

• Parasite

• Host

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What is the definition of - Herbivore?

• An organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals

• An organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

• An organism that obtains energy by eating only animals

What is the definition of - Carnivore?

• An organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals

• An organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

• An organism that obtains energy by eating only animals