2023 Community Ecology Review

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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Cows and pronghorn both eat the same types of food in areas of Utah. What is the ecological relationship?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Competition

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Native sponges and introduced muscles are both filter feeders in many of the Great Lakes.  What is the ecological relationship?

• Predator-Prey
• Parasitism
• Carnivore
• Competition

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What type of species interaction is the following: two bears fighting over the same mate. 

• predation 
• mutualism 
• competition 
• parasitism 

No two species can occupy the same niche

• Competitive Exclusion Principle 
• Limiting Exclusion Theory
• Competitive Limiting Principle
• Limiting Competitive Theory 

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

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A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Naturalism

The crocodile and bird have a _______________ relationship.  The crocodile benefits by having its teeth cleaned.  The bird benefits by gaining food and protection.  Both animals benefit from this relationship.

• parasitism
• predator and prey
• mutualism
• commensalism

_______ is when 2 or more species live in close association. 

• predation 
• competition 
• symbiosis 
• food web 

Name the species interaction: A decorator crab camouflages itself with sponges. Sponges are unaffected. 

• competition 
• predation
• commensalism
• mutualism