In a school science project, Aria and Zoe observed two plants growing in the different pot. What principle does this scenario demonstrate?  

• Interspecific Competition

• Intraspecific Competition

• Mutualism

• Adaptation

A hawk and a snake competing for prey in a field is what type of competition?

• Interspecific competition

• Intraspecific competition

• Facultative competition

• Obligate competiton

Which of the following is TRUE of predator/prey relationships? (Choose ALL that apply)

• The amount of prey does not affect the number of predators.
• Herbivores are limited by the number of prey in an ecosystem.
• Humans are not considered predators.
• The number of predators is determined by available prey.

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In a food chain, the organism that hunts and consumes another organism is called the _____, while the organism being consumed is the _____.

Type your answers with a comma separating the word that belongs in the first blank from the second. Ex: answer 1, answer 2

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Match the following

• Predation

• Hermit crabs take over discarded shells.

• Mutualism

• A bear hunts salmon in a stream.

• Commensalism

• Fleas live on the skin of dogs and obtain nutrients from the dogs’ blood.

• Parasitism

• Bees pollinate plants as they move from flower to flower gathering nectar.

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Match each of the three types of symbiotic relationships.

• Parasitism

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• Mutalism

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• Commensalism

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Sloth's and monkeys share the same tropical habitat. Deforestation is occurring limiting the space for these 2 species. What will now occur between the 2 species?

• Mutalism

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Competition

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In some coral reefs, a relationship exists between pygmy seahorses and sea fans. The pygmy seahorse wraps its tail around the branches of the sea fan, which offers camouflage for the seahorse. The pygmy seahorse does not harm or benefit the sea fern while it grasps the branches with its tail. What is the correct classification of this relationship?​ (a)  

• Commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism
• predator/ prey

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Match the following term with its definition

Interspecific competition​ ​ (a)  

Intraspecific competition​ (b)  

Predation​ (c)  

Symbiosis​ (d)  

• competition between two different species
• competition between two same species
• the act of hunting or eating an organism
• relationship where at least 1 organism is benefit
• a type of symbiotic relationship
• the process of photosynthesis

a relationship that occurs when two or more organisms of the same species need the same resource at the same time

• intraspecific competition

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• interspecific competition

• commensalism