Eco 2

Rabbits and deer eat lettuce leaves from a garden.
^{What ecological interaction describes the relationship between rabbits and deer?}

• Mutualism
• Competition
• Commensalism
• Predation

Which of the following best defines the ecological interaction between flowering plants and the bees?

• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Predation
• Commensalism

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What type of ecological interaction does the tapeworm have with its host?

• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Predation
• Parasitism

What type of ecological interaction exists between whales and the barnacles?

• Commensalism
• Predation
• Parasitism
• Mutualism

Resource partitioning is best described by which of the following statements?

• Competitive exclusion results in the success of the superior species.
• Slight variation in niche allows closely related species to coexist.
• Two species can coevolve and share the same niche.
• Species diversity is maintained by switching between prey species.

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An insect that has evolved to closely resemble a twig will probably be able to avoid:

• Parasitism
• Symbiosis
• Predation
• Competition

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To be certain that two species had coevolved, one would ideally have to establish that:

• The two species are adapted to a common set of environmental conditions.
• Each species has an impact on the population density of the other species.
• The local extinction of one species results in the extinction of the other species.
• Each species has adaptations that specifically followed evolutionary change in the other.

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Which of the following characteristics would be a successful evolution for both a predator or a prey organism?

• Camouflage
• Heat-sensing ability
• 3-D vision
• echolocation

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According to the competitive exclusion principle, two species cannot continue to occupy the same:

• Habitat
• Niche
• Territory
• Range

Character displacement has occurred if:

• Two species in the same habitat evolve to be more different than if they are in different habitats.
• One species chases the other out of the habitat they previously shared.
• A characteristic is lost when an organism migrates into a new area.
• A characteristic lost by one species is adopted by another.

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