Ecological Interactions Quiz

What is a predator-prey relationship?

• A predator-prey relationship is a mutualistic interaction between two organisms, where both organisms benefit from each other.

• A predator-prey relationship is a competitive interaction between two organisms, where both organisms compete for the same resources.

• A predator-prey relationship is a biological interaction between two organisms, where one organism (the predator) hunts, kills, and consumes the other organism (the prey) for food.

• A predator-prey relationship is a symbiotic interaction between two organisms, where both organisms live in close association with each other.

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What is symbiotic interaction?

• A competitive relationship between two different species where one species benefits at the expense of the other.

• A temporary relationship between two different species where one species benefits at the expense of the other.

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

• Close and long-term relationship between two different species

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Name the three types of symbiotic interactions.

• predation, commensalism, and competition

• mutualism, predation, and competition

• predation, competition, and cooperation

• mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism

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What is mutualism?

• Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship between two organisms where both benefit from the interaction.

• Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.

• Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is parasitic.

• Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

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Provide an example of mutualism in nature.

• Lions and zebras

• Bees and flowers

• Ants and aphids

• Sharks and fish

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Define commensalism.

• A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.

• A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

• A type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

• A type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms are harmed.

Give an example of commensalism.

• Shark and remora fish

• Bee and flower

• Lion and zebra

• Dog and cat

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What is parasitism?

• Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

• Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms are harmed.

• Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms are unaffected.

• Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of another organism, the host.

+/+ Relationship

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

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+/- Relationship

• commensalism

• competition

• mutualism

• parasitism

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