Test Review (Community Ecology)

Which type of ecological succession will take place in this location?

Sheets of ice (glacier) melt away, leaving behind barren rocks?

• primary succession

• secondary succession

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of ecological succession will take place in this location?

Major flooding destroys a residential area. Houses are cleared away and land remains unused.

• primary succession

• secondary succession

The first plants to grow in an ecosystem:

• Pioneer species

• large trees

• succession community

• primary plants

Tapeworms enter the body of their host. They live by taking nutrients from the host organism. This is an example of

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the term that describes a steady and stable community?

• peak community

• turf community

• climax community

• disturbed community

A relationship that describes a close interaction between two different species is known as what?

• Biodiversity
• Symbiosis
• Predation
• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Lions typical fight to death for territory, mates, and food sources. This is an example of

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Commensalism is where one organism benefits and the other organism is _____________________. 

• not effected
• helped
• harmed

A pilot 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

• Decomposition

Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on a Rhinoceros.  

• Mutualism
• Predation
• Competition
• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2