WorksheetsBio St 2.1.3
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
2.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
3.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
4.
What type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
5.
What type of symbiosis? Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
6.
Which symbols best describe parasitism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
7.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala. This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
8.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
9.
When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the ____________.
a)
host, hostess
b)
parasite, host
c)
host, parasite
d)
prey, predator
10.
These are interactions where organisms struggle to get the resources they need.
a)
grocery shopping
b)
hunger
c)
competition
11.
An organism's role in a community is its' _____
a)
Niche
b)
Competition
c)
Mutualism
d)
Parasitism
12.
A researcher puts a mouse in a maze. The mouse takes a long time to find the cheese, running into a lot of dead ends! Each time the mouse tries the same maze it gets faster and faster. This is an example of...
a)
trial and error learning
b)
classical conditioning
c)
instinctive behavior
d)
insight learning
13.
Your guinea pig goes nuts every time it hears the sound of the refrigerator door open, he knows that is where the carrots come from! This is an example of...
a)
insight
b)
classical conditioning
c)
trial and error learning
d)
dominance hierarchy
14.
When two male fish are put into the same tank they fight to the death. This is due to their instinctive behavior..
a)
territoriality
b)
courtship behavior
c)
migration
d)
classical conditioning
15.
Male moths have huge antenna that are able to detect female moth's pheromones. They follow the sent until they find the female. This is an example of..
a)
territorality
b)
dominance hierarchy
c)
chemotaxis
d)
imprinting
16.
Most squirrels in the wild will run up a tree when a human is around. Squirrels in the park near your home, however, are not afraid of people! This is an example of..
a)
habituation
b)
dominance hierarchy
c)
phototaxis
d)
internal cues
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