WorksheetsCommunity Ecology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What effect does biodiversity have on a community?
a)
It makes destruction by insects impossible.
b)
It makes primary succession more likely.
c)
It enables species to survive in a desert.
d)
It enables the community to withstand changes.
2.
Groups of species that live in a given area and interact are called a(n)...
a)
Community
b)
Colony
c)
Population
d)
Ecosystem
3.
One type of competition involves individuals competing for resources. The other involves competition between different
a)
Organisms
b)
Populations
c)
Environments
d)
Relationships
4.
Mutualism is…
a)
A relationship where only one species benefits.
b)
A relationship where both species suffer.
c)
A relationship where both species benefit.
d)
A relationship where both species have zero impact on each other
5.
Competition between members of the same species is called
a)
Intraspecific
b)
Interspecific
c)
Primary
d)
Secondary
6.
Which of the following are considered to be a symbiotic relationship?
a)
A. Competition
b)
B. Commensalism
c)
C. Mutualism
d)
D. Both B and C.
7.
The type of succession that occurs in an area with no life is:
a)
Intraspecific
b)
Interspecific
c)
Primary
d)
Secondary
8.
Why don't parasites kill their hosts?
a)
It makes the parasite sick
b)
They don't
c)
The parasite would die
d)
The parasite gets full
9.
Competition between members of different species
a)
Intraspecific
b)
Interspecific
c)
Primary
d)
Secondary
10.
Two members of the same species fight over who gets a certain food. Members of different species try to take over a certain nesting area. These are both examples of
a)
Community
b)
Competition
c)
Mutualism
d)
Commensalism
11.
The type of succession that occurs after an inhabited area was disturbed:
a)
Intraspecific
b)
Interspecific
c)
Primary
d)
Secondary
12.
The type of mimicry is it where one organism is dangerous and the other is harmless?
a)
Batesian
b)
Mullerian
c)
Aposemetric
d)
Camoflauge
13.
Type of symbiotic relationship that is beneficial to one organisms and harmful to the other:
a)
Mutualism
b)
Parasatism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mullerian
14.
The type of mimicry where both organisms are dangerous?
a)
Batesian
b)
Mullerian
c)
Aposematic
d)
Camoflauge
15.
1. The type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not harmed or helped?
a)
Mutualsim
b)
Parasatism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mullerian
16.
1. When two species compete for exactly the same resources one species will out compete the other leading to its elimination is known as:
a)
Ecological Niche
b)
Batesian Mimicry
c)
Gause's Principle
d)
Resource Partitioning
17.
When some species coexist despite apparent competition by having slightly different niches is called:
a)
Ecological Niche
b)
Batesian Mimicry
c)
Gause's Principle
d)
Resource Partitioning
18.
These snakes are an example of what?
a)
Camouflage
b)
Mimicry
c)
Succession
d)
Gause's Principal
19.
The butterfly in the picture is displaying what defense mechanism?
a)
Mimicry
b)
Succession
c)
Camouflage
d)
Resource Partitioning
20.
What relationship does this graph represent?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Symbiotic
d)
Predator/Prey
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