UNIT 3 QUIZ: POPULATION-SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

• predation

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• predation

• parasitism

In a parasitic relationship, one organism is ___________ and one organism is benefiting. 

• helped
• harmed
• not effected
• happy

The close relationship between two different species in an ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Environment

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

What type of interaction do you think is taking place here?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Competition

Match what examples go with the correct relationship

Commensalism is where one organism is benefiting and the other organism is _____________________. 

• not effected
• helped
• harmed
• hurt

1.  A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of _________________. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar. 

• commensal relationship 
• parasitic relationship 
• mutual relationship