Interactions in the Ecosystem

What is the term used to describe the role and position a species has in its environment, including all of its interactions with biotic and abiotic factors?

• Competition

• Niche

• Symbiosis

• Predation

Which of the following best describes the relationship between a predator and its prey?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Parasitism

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What type of symbiotic relationship benefits both species involved?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

What is the interaction called when two or more species go after the same resource, such as food or territory?

• Symbiosis

• Predation

• Competition

• Parasitism

Which term describes a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

What organism hunts and eats other organisms for food?

• Prey

• Predator

• Parasite

• Host

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Define the term "Prey"

• An organism that benefits in a symbiotic relationship

• An organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism

• An organism that lives on or in a host and gets its food from or at the expense of its host

• An organism that competes with others for resources

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Which type of symbiotic relationship involves one organism living on or inside another organism and causing harm?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

What is symbiosis?

• A relationship where both organisms compete for the same resources

• A relationship where one organism eats the other

• A relationship where two different species live closely together

• A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of the other

Which of the following is an example of a niche?

• A tapeworm reproducing inside the intestines of another organism

• A bald eagle hunting for mice in the woods to eat

• A gopher tortoise digging burrows for itself and other organisms

• All of the above.

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