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Unit 3 Life Science Interactions Within Ecosystems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A relationship between 2 species that benefits one of them

a)

herbivore

b)

ecosystem

c)

symbiosis

d)

omnivore

2.

An organism that obtains energy (food) by eating other organisms

a)

host

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

decomposer

3.

An organism that feeds on a living host

a)

parasite

b)

carnivore

c)

predator

d)

competition

4.

animal hunted for food

a)

parasite

b)

scavenger

c)

prey

d)

predator

5.

An animal that hunts other animals for food

a)

carnivore

b)

predator

c)

parasite

d)

omnivore

6.

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

a)

ecosystem

b)

symbiosis

c)

food chain

d)

energy pyramid

7.

A way of showing how energy moves through a food chain or web

a)

ecosystem

b)

symbiosis

c)

energy pyramid

d)

food chain

8.

All the living and nonliving things interacting in an environment.

a)

scavenger

b)

symbiosis

c)

ecosystem

d)

food chain

9.

When organisms compete for limited resources

a)

parasite

b)

omnivore

c)

competition

d)

predator

10.

A relationship between 2 species where both benefit

a)

parasitism

b)

mutualism

c)

symbiosis

d)

commensalism

11.

A consumer that eats only plants.

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

scavenger

12.

A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

a)

food web

b)

producer

c)

food chain

d)

consumer

13.

A carnivore that eats dead organisms

a)

omnivore

b)

scavenger

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

14.

An organism on which a parasite lives

a)

consumer

b)

host

c)

producer

d)

decomposer

15.

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

a)

consumer

b)

decomposer

c)

producer

d)

host

16.

A relationship between 2 species where one benefits and the other is not harmed but doesn't benefit.

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

d)

symbiosis

17.

An organism that can make its own food.

a)

host

b)

producer

c)

decomposer

d)

consumer

18.

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

a)

predator

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

omnivore

19.

A consumer that eats only animals.

a)

omnivore

b)

scavenger

c)

herbivore

d)

carnivore

20.

a relationship between 2 species where one benefits and the other is harmed

a)

mutualism

b)

symbiosis

c)

commensalism

d)

parasitism