Balance in Ecosystems

What is mutualism?

• Ticks on a pet

• A shark eating fish.

• An animal having no predators.

• Fish cleaning a shark's teeth.

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Which is an example of an invasive species? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• A lion fish

• A polar bear

• A zebra mussel

• dogs

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What makes an invasive species good at being invasive?

• They live in warm climates always.

• They are always very big.

• They always camouflage into their environment.

• They don't have natural predators.

Which is the largest biome? It also is cold, has evergreen trees, and has short summers.

• Rainforest

• Grasslands

• Taiga

• Desert

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What is any resource that restricts the growth of plant or animal populations in an ecosystem?

• Symbiosis

• Limiting Factors

• Competition

• Niche

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The phorid fly attempts to lay eggs on leaf-cutter ants are they cut leaves trying to build their nests. When the eggs hatch, they start eating the ant. This is an example of...

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

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In the winter, ecosystems do not have enough food to support all of the animals that they do during the summer. This is an example of...

• commensalism

• winter

• a limiting factor

• a niche

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What does a tundra biome have?

• The ground frozen all year, very few animals, and long winters and short summers.

• Evergreen trees and elk.

• Hot and humid weather with a lot of rain.

• Grass is the main plant life and there is not much rain.

What are the 6 land biomes?

• The coral reef, desert, forest, woods, Australia, and Icelands.

• Rainforest, tundra,

  ice age, Alaska, Africa, and sand

• Grasslands, Africa, Savanna, Arctic Circle, Bermuda Triangle, and India

• Rainforest, Tundra, Taiga, Deciduous Forest, Desert, and Grasslands

Two different birds are fighting, both trying to eat the same worm. This is an example of....

• niche

• competition

• friendship

• mutualism

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