Types of Consumers and Symbiosis

The scientific name for when one species benefits and the other is harmed is--

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predator and Prey

The scientific name for when both species benefit in a relationship is ---

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predator and Prey

The scientific name for when one species benefits and the other is unaffected is--

• Mutalism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predator and Prey

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• Parasitism

• Predator and Prey

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

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What are two primary consumers in this food web?

• Python, fruit fly

• Dragonfly, fruit fly

• Grasshopper, fruit fly

• Rat, fruit fly

Which organism is a secondary consumer?

• Fruit fly

• Thrush

• Wolf

• Rat

Which type of consumer is primarily responsible for breaking down dead organic matter?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

In a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed, what is this relationship called?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predation

What type of consumer is a lion, which primarily eats other animals?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

Which of the following is an example of mutualism?

• A tick feeding on a dog

• A bee pollinating a flower

• A barnacle attached to a whale

• A lion hunting a zebra

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