Ecological Interactions Quiz

What is mutualism?

• Both organisms benefit

• One organism harms the other

• One organism benefits, the other is neither helped nor harmed

• One organism consumes dead consumers.

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In parasitism, what happens to the host?

• The host benefits

• The host is harmed

• The host is neither helped nor harmed

• The host consumes the parasite.

Tree frogs climbing plants to avoid predators is an example of ______. The frog is HELPED and the tree is neither helped nor harmed.

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predation

What is the first source of energy in a food chain?

• Producer

• Light energy

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

Fill in the blank: The heron is at the ______ of the food web.

• A) Bottom

• B) Middle

• C) Top

• D) Side

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Which of the following is an example of an animal that is often harmed due to biomagnification?

• Sea Birds

• Forest Trees

• Desert Plants

• Mountain Rocks

What is the main consequence of biomagnification in the Great Lakes?

• Decrease in fish population because they starve.

• Increase in pollution levels in organisms at the top of the food chain.

• Reduction of water quality.

• Growth of aquatic plants.

What was the result of the reduced cat population in Borneo?

• Increase in mosquito population

• Increase in rat population

• Decrease in rat population

• Decrease in mosquito population

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Ecosystems have the most biomass at which level?

• A) Producers

• B) Primary consumers

• C) Secondary consumers

• D) Tertiary consumers

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Fill in the blank: When a consumer eats a producer, about ____ of the energy the plant captured goes to the consumer.

• 100%

• 50%

• 10%

• 1%

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