12A Ecological Relationships Vocabulary

Match the following

• niche

• An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.

• symbiosis

• Any living thing

• predation

• Interaction among organisms that vie for the same resource in an ecosystem (food, living space etc)

• competition

• An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.

• organism

• A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.

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Match the following

• parasitism

• A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

• intraspecific

• competition between members of the same species

• commensalism

• A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

• mutualism

• competition between members of different species

• interspecific

• A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed

Pseudoscorpions often hitch rides on the backs of large beetles or true bugs. What is the ecological relationship?

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Cooperation

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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Ants protect soft bodied aphids and in return the aphids feed the ants a sugary drink. What is the ecological relationship?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

What is the ecological relationship shown in this image of a robberfly and beetle?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Predator-prey
• Competition

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An animal that feeds on what another animal has killed is known as a:

• Scavenger
• Mutualist
• Decomposer
• Parasite

An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a:

• Predator
• Autotroph
• Producer
• Decomposer

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A mosquito feeds off of the blood of different organisms. This usually causes discomfort to the organism and sometimes disease and death. This is an example of:

• Parasitism
• Decomposition
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

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A relationship that describe a close interaction between two different species is known as what?

• Biodiversity
• Symbiosis
• Predation
• Emigration

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