Interactions in Ecosystems

A lion hunts and kills an antelope. What is being demonstrated?

• predation

• mutalism

• parasitism

• commensalism

Living and nonliving things interacting in an environment is called: ________

• organism

• producer

• consumer

• ecosystem

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Fleas on a dog is _________

• competition

• predation

• commensalism

• parasitism

Any relationship in which two species live closely together is called _________

• resource

• mutalism

• succession

• symbiosis

Symbiotic relationship in which both organism benefit is called ___________

• competition

• mutualism

• nitrogen fixation

• energy pyramid

A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called _____________

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• niche

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. What kind of relationship is this?

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• predatory

A clownfish uses a sea anenome as a safe place to live. While living there, the clownfish lures in food for anenome. This is an example of what type of relationship?

• predator - prey

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

The role of an organism in its habitat is its _______

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• niche

The inherited physical characteristics that allow an organism to live successfully in its environment is _____________

• predation

• mutualism

• adaptions

• commensalism

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