Unit Review: Ecological Relationships

This is known as a relationship in which one organism benefits, while the other is unaffected.

• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Immigration
• Commensalism

An animal that feeds on what another animal has killed is known as a:

• Scavenger
• Mutualist
• Decomposer
• Parasite

This is known as a relationship in which both organisms involved benefit. 

• Predator-Prey
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Decomposition

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An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a:

• Predator
• Autotroph
• Producer
• Decomposer

Chickens will eat both insects and seeds. Which term best describes this feeding pattern?

• Omnivore
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Producer

What do you call an animal that only eats plants?

• niche

• carnivore

• parasite

• herbivore

• predator

The animal in an ecological relationship that results in another animal being hunted, killed, and eaten…

• autotroph

• habitat

• predator

• herbivore

• producer

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An animal that feeds on what another animal has killed is known as a:

• Scavenger
• Mutualist
• Decomposer
• Parasite

An animal that hunts and consumes other organisms is known as a:

• Prey
• Decomposer
• Predator
• Commensalist

What type of relationship is represented between the phytoplankton and mosquitos?

• Producer/consumer

• Parasite/host

• Predator/prey

• Scavenger/carrion

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