Ecology Vocabulary

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

Type of symbiosis: Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

A human & a Tape Worm: The tape worm gets a place to live in the intestines of the human and food from the human. The human loses weight and nutrients from the tape worm.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

What level of ecological organization would include all squirrels that live in the same area?

• biome

• community

• ecosystem

• population

All the different populations that live together in an area make up a(n)

• community.
• ecosystem.
• organism.
• species.

Several species of warblers can live in the same spruce tree ONLY because they

• have different habitats within the tree.
• don’t eat food from the tree.
• occupy different niches within the tree.
• can find different temperatures within the tree.

Which letter shows the the exponential growth of a population?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which point on the graph represents carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

__________ growth shows growth of a population under environmental constraints (carrying capacity-K) that sets a maximum population size 

• logistic
• exponential
• niche
• uniform