Population Interactions

What type of interaction is being shown graphically?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

What type of interaction is being shown graphically?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

What type of interaction is being shown graphically?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

What type of interaction is being shown graphically?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

According to the graph, what is causing the deer population to decrease

• They got sick

• The wolf population is decreasing

• The wolf population increased

• They ran out of food

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds. Both species benefit. 

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

Predator population lags behind prey population because......

• Increase in predators leads to decrease in prey

• Increase in predators leads to increase in prey

• Increase in predators leads to decrease in producers

• Increase in producers leads to increase in prey

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is Predation

• A mutalistic relationship between two species.

• A population interaction where both species benefit.

• a straight-forward interspecies population interaction. One species uses another as a food resource.

• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

 The stork uses it saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result, the dead animal carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the stork.

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism