POPULATIONS

Many woodpeckers eating at a bird feeder is an example of -

• parasitism

• predation

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Three lampreys attached to a fish and sucking its body fluids for food is an example of -

• parasitism

• predation

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

An owl snatching a mouse from a field to eat is an example of -

• parasitism

• predation

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

A butterfly pollinating a flower as it drinks nectar from the flower is an example of -

• parasitism

• predation

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An orchid using a high tree branch as a place of attachment to receive more sunlight but not affecting the tree is an example of -

• parasitism

• predation

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

The dispersion pattern (distribution pattern) of a population describes the arrangement of individuals within a habitat at a particular point in time -

A large population of geese gathered together in a marsh is which type of dispersion?

• Clumped dispersion

• Uniform dispersion

• Random dispersion

The dispersion pattern (distribution pattern) of a population describes the arrangement of individuals within a habitat at a particular point in time -

Dandelions and other plants that have wind-dispersed seeds spread widely and sprout where they happen to fall describes which type of dispersion?

• Clumped dispersion

• Uniform dispersion

• Random dispersion

The dispersion pattern (distribution pattern) of a population describes the arrangement of individuals within a habitat at a particular point in time -

Animals that maintain defined territories, such as nesting penguins, also exhibit which type of dispersion?

• Clumped dispersion

• Uniform dispersion

• Random dispersion

The number of wild horses per square kilometer in a prairie is the horse population's -

• density

• dispersion

• size

• birth rate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of the following has the highest reproductive potential (fecundity)?

• elephant

• owl

• Robin

• rabbit