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WorksheetsSpecies Interaction
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When multiple organisms seek the same limited resource, this is referred to as?
a)
Tolerence
b)
Competetion
c)
Predation
d)
Parasitism
2.
Which of the following is not a mechanism for biological evolution?
a)
Mutation
b)
Genetic Drift
c)
Inheritance of acquired characteristics
d)
Natural Selection
3.
Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?
a)
People selectively breeding hamsters.
b)
Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
c)
Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
d)
Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.
4.
What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?
a)
Their feathers
b)
Genotypes
c)
Their beaks
d)
Their body sizes
5.
Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?
a)
Evolution
b)
Variation
c)
Adaptation
d)
Natural Selection
6.
When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....
a)
Adaption
b)
Extinction
c)
Fossilization
d)
Mutation
7.
Everything an organism does and when it does it, describes the organism's?
a)
Tolerance
b)
Community
c)
Character Displacement
d)
Niche
8.
Which of the following is an interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed?
a)
Parasitism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Competition
d)
Commensalism
9.
Which of the following is an interaction in which both organisms are harmed?
a)
Parasitism
b)
Predation
c)
Competition
d)
Commensalism
10.
Coevolution is process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other and is sometimes referred to as an "Arms Race"?
a)
True
b)
False
11.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
12.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating?
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
13.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitism
d)
Commensalism
14.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitism
d)
Commensalism
15.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. What kind of relationship is this?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Tolerance
16.
In this picture, the ZEBRA is the __________________
a)
predator
b)
prey
17.
In this picture, the lion is the __________________
a)
predator
b)
prey
18.
An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism
a)
coevolution
b)
predator
c)
prey
d)
parasite
19.
An organism's ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental conditions is known as
a)
niche
b)
habitat
c)
tolerance
d)
symbiosis
20.
Starfish are probably the most important predator in the shallow ecosystem because they eat basically anything they come across. Their feeding activities control the whole ecosystem. This is an example of the starfish ___.
a)
habitat
b)
biotic factors
c)
tolerance level
d)
niche
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