Warm-up: Ecosystems

A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler's nest. The cuckoo's young will displace the warbler's young and end up being raised by the warbler. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators. Because the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats that the other animal may not see as readily. Both species benefit. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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Clown fish live among anemones, acting as a lure for the sea anemone's prey. The clown fish get protection and shelter from the anemone. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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Hermit crabs live in shells that are made and then abandoned by snails. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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All members of an ecosystem

• Community

• Organism

• Population

• Species

Any living thing

• Community

• Organism

• Population

• Species

All members of a species in an ecosystem.

• Community

• Organism

• Population

• Species

A(n) _____ is a community of living things interacting with nonliving parts of the environment.

• Niche

• Biome

• Ecosystem

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Of the predation categories, carnivores are considered..

• Plant eaters or herbivores

• True predators

• Parasites

• Parasitoids

Competition....

• limits population size

• always becomes harmful and creates over population

• is where both species are harmed and helped by one another

• increases the number of offspring had to guarantee survival

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