Review: Interactions Among Living Things

Long ago there were two types of giraffes, tall and short. Only the tall giraffes survived because the short giraffes were not able to get enough food. This is an example of

• adaptation
• natural selection
• niche
• predation

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A tape worm lives and feeds in the intestines of an organism. A tapeworm is a

• host
• prey
• ringworm
• parasite

The oxpecker eats parasites and ticks off of a rhino's body. The rhino is being cleaned and the oxpecker is getting food. What type of relationship is this?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parastism

The three types of symbiosis are

• mutualism, commensalism, predator prey
• parasitism, mutualism, competition
• mutualism, commensalism, natural selection
• mutualism, commensalism, parasitism

A niche includes everything EXCEPT

• the physical conditions needed for an organism to survive
• the type of food an organism eats
• how an organism digests its food
• how an organism reproduces

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The behaviors and physical conditions that allow an organism to live successfully in its environment is called a(n)

• adaptation
• competition
• parasitism
• symbiosis

A bird builds a nest in the tree. The tree is not affected, but the bird has shelter and protection. This is an example of

• predator/prey
• commensalism
• mutualism
• parastism

The struggle between organisms to survive when they attempt to use the same limited resource is called

• natural selection
• predator/prey
• symbiosis
• competition

In the picture below, the bird is the

• predator
• prey
• host
• parasite

In the picture below, the worm is the

• predator
• prey
• host
• parasite