Ecological Relationships

Pseudoscorpions often hitch rides on the backs of large beetles or true bugs. What is the ecological relationship?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predator-Prey

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Barnacles sometimes live on the outside surface of other larger shelled organisms without causing any harm. What is the ecological relationship?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predator-Prey

• Competition

Cows and pronghorn both eat the same types of food in areas of Utah. What is the ecological relationship?

• Predator-Prey

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Competition

• Mutualism

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Ants protect soft bodied aphids and in return the aphids feed the ants a sugary drink. What is the ecological relationship?

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Predator-Prey

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What is the ecological relationship shown in this image of a robber fly eating a Japanese beetle?

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predator-prey

• Competition

• Mutualism

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Native sponges and introduced muscles are both filter feeders in many of the Great Lakes. What is the ecological relationship?

• Predator-Prey

• Parasitism

• Carnivore

• Competition

• Commensalism

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A feeding relationship where one organism hunts and one is hunted.

• Commensalism

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Predator-Prey

• Parasitism

A mosquito feeds off of the blood of different organisms. This usually causes discomfort to the organism and sometimes disease and death. This is an example of:

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Predator-Prey

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The bee gathers nectar from the flower to eat and pollinates the flower. This is an example of _____________________.

• Predator-Prey

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

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A feeder fish usually follows behind sharks to pick up food scraps that they leave behind. The fish gets food and the shark is unaffected. This is an example of:

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predator-Prey