Interactions in Communities

Grass is eaten by a prairie dog. The prairie dog is eaten by a coyote. This is an example of

• a) an abiotic element.

• c) a herbivore.

• b) an omnivore.

• ) a food chain.

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Young wasps are eating the tomato hornworm that is their host. What is this an example of?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

A tick sucks blood from a dog. In this relationship, the tick is the ................. and the dog is the .................

• parasite, prey

• predator, host

• parasite, host

• host, parasite

Bee and flower Example of Mutualism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• host

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A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food web

• Omnivore

• Food chin

• Carnivore

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Remora and Shark example of

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Prey

A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

• Symbiosis

• parasitism

• Mutualism

• Competition

Define biotic factor.

• an environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms

• an environmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms (non-living)

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the role of a species in its community, including use of its habitat and its relationships with other species

• mutualism

• competition

• niche

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An ecosystem is best described as the interaction of

• None of the biotic and abiotic factors of a given area

• Some of the biotic and abiotic factors of a given area

• All of the biotic and abiotic factors of a given area

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