Community Relationships - Part C

__________ is the relationship of two organisms living together in a specific ecosystem?

• close

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• commensalism

What kind of relationship is it when both organisms benefit from each other?

• commensalism

• predation

• parasatism

• mutualism

What kind of relationship is it when one organism eats the other organism as food?

• predation

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

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What kind of relationship is it when one organism lives on or inside another organism?

• predation

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

What kind of relationship is it when one organism benefits and the other is not affected?

• commensalism

• parastism

• mutualism

• predation

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Bacteria that live on the surface of our teeth require sugar from our food to survive. A by-product of their metabolism (body processes) decays the enamel of teeth. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• predation

A coyote captures, kills, and eats a rabbit. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• predation

A mite lives in the base of the eyelashes of people who use mascara. It feeds on the mascara; it does not seem to harm people. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• predation

The wrasse, a small marine fish, periodically cleans harmful parasites from the mouth and body of the moray eel. The moray, in turn, protects the wrasse from larger predators and provides it with a constant supply of food. This is an example of the type of relationship known as

• Commensalism

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

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