Ecology Quiz

What type of relationship benefits both organisms involved?

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

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In a garden, a type of insect (let's call it Insect A) feeds on the sap of a plant, weakening the plant over time. What is this interaction called?

• Symbiosis

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

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Which model is used to analyze the flow of matter and energy through different levels in an ecosystem?

• Population dynamics

• Biogeochemical cycles

• Ecological pyramids

• Succession diagrams

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In which type of ecological interaction does one organism benefit while the other is neither harmed nor benefited?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

The diagram below shows an energy pyramid. In a marine ecosystem, algae carry out photosynthesis. Barracuda eat snapper fish. Reef sharks eat barracuda.

Which organism would be at the top of the energy pyramid?

• algae

• reef shark

• barracuda

• snapper fish

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The figure below shows a food chain that might exist in a meadow.

Which of the following best describes what the food chain represents?

• how an organism might change over time

• the movement of organisms throughout the ecosystem

• the increase in size among organisms in the ecosystem

• the path of energy transfer from producers to consumers

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The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

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The food web below shows some of the feeding relationships among organisms in Arctic waters.

Which organism would be least affected by overfishing for cod in Arctic waters?

• seals

• shrimp

• baleen whales

• toothed whales

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Which are examples of a commensalism relationship?

• Two seals fighting for a fish

• A bird sitting on a cattle's back and eating bugs that pass by as the cow kicks them up

• a tick infesting a dog

• Orchids grow on the surface of trees in order to get better sunlight

• Golden Jackals following Tigers and eating their leftovers

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Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

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