Ecological Interactions and Feeding Relationships

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

• Commensalism
• Decomposistion
• Mutualism
• Predator-Prey

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An animal that feeds on what another animal has killed is known as a:

• Scavenger
• Mutualist
• Decomposer
• Parasite

An animal that hunts and consumes other organisms is known as a:

• Prey
• Decomposer
• Predator
• Commensalist

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An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a:

• Predator
• Autotroph
• Producer
• Decomposer

The organism that is hunted and eaten in a particular feeding relationship is known as:

• Predator
• Decomposer
• Prey
• Autotroph

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
• Decomposition
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

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A relationship between two organisms where one benefits while the other is harmed is known as what?

• Decomposition
• Consummerism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

An organism that needs to use chemicals to make its own food is known as a(n):

• Heterotroph

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer

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This term describes a living part of an environment.

• Biotic factor
• Sunlight
• Abiotic Factor
• Niche

An organism that eats other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Mutualist

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Consumer

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