Ecology Unit Review - Quizs

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then, the honey guide birds eat as well.

• predation

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called

• competition

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• predation

Put the levels of organization in order from smallest to largest:

• Population, organism, ecosystem, biosphere, community

• Ecosystem, population, organism, community, biosphere

• Organism, population, ecosystem, biosphere, community

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

A group of organisms of the same species

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

What would most likely happen if the rabbit population was removed from the food chain? 

grass —› rabbit —› fox

• their would be more grass
• there would be less grass

• there would be more foxes

• there would be no change to the ecosystem

"Five green and speckled frogs, sitting on a speckled log, eat some most delicious bugs."

Which level of organization is this?

• Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

If hawks were removed from this food web it would become ____________ stable

• Identically

• Less

• More

Answer explanation

The hawk controls many other populations. If you remove her, the prey organisms could overpopulate and overconsume resources.

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

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• ecosystem

Fruit bats in Central America eat bananas and other fruits. Banana plants rely on bats for pollination. If fruit bats were disappeared from the area, what would happen to the banana crop?

• The banana crop would increase because they are getting more pollination.

• The banana crop would remain constant because the fruit bats are not important.

• The banana crop would decrease because bats would no longer pollinate the crops.

• No change to the banana crop.

Which of the following is a predator and prey relationship?

• Cow and sheep.

• Whale and barnacles.

• Tick and a deer.

• Spider and a fly.