Practice Quiz - Ecology

This picture illustrates a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits by harming the other.

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• nonalism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

This picture represents a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.

• competition

• mutualism

• nitrogen fixation

• energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship between two in which one species (predator) feeds on the other species (prey), is known as?

• chemosynthesis

• predation

• cellular respiration

• commensalism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Barnacles are animals that cannot move. In order to get food, they attach to whales and catch any floating plankton in the water. The whale is neither helped nor harmed in the interaction. What type of symbiosis is this?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Neutralism

In the wild, some alligators gets their teeth cleaned by birds. The birds gets their food from the alligators' teeth.

What type of symbiosis is this?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Neutralism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is a general term to express the relationship in which two species live closely together in different ways?

• resource

• mutualism

• succession

• symbiosis

An organism's _________ is defined as the environment in which it lives.

• habitat
• niche
• social structure
• ecosystem

The living parts of an ecosystem are known as _________ factors.

• biotic

• abiotic

• succession

• niche

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The non-living parts of an ecosystem are known as __________ factors.

• biotic

• abiotic

• succession

• niche

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The role an organism has within a particular ecosystem is known as their __________.

• habitat

• symbiosis

• biotic

• niche