Symbiotic Relationships/Population Ecology

This type of interaction occurs when 2 organisms live closely together for survival.

• Competition
• Symbiosis
• Predation
• Cymbalosis

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

• predation
• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism

Competition occurs between members of the same species. This tyes of competition is a basic factor in natural selection.

• Intraspecific
• Interspecific

What is it called when one (1) organism kills and eats another for food?

• Competition
• Symbiosis
• Predation
• Collaboration

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harmes nor benefits the whales. What is this relationship called?

• parasitism
• mutualism
• commensalism

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala. This is an example of...

• Predation
• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism

When two different species compete for resources, it is _______competition.

• habitat
• intraspecific
• interspecific
• symbiosis

Clown fish live among anemones, acting as a lure for the sea anemone's prey. The clown fish gets protection and shelter from the anemone. Which type of symbiosis is this?

• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Competition

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

• Mutualism
• Predation
• Commensalism
• Competition

When two organisms are trying to acquire or get the same resouces.

• Collaboration
• Competition
• Symbiosis
• Predation