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Ecological Relationships Weekly Recap

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Is the SUN  biotic or abiotic 
a)
Abiotic 
b)
Biotic 
2.
Two organisms both benefit from the relationship
a)
Commensalism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Parasitism
3.

One organism benefits while the other is harmed .

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Competition

4.

One organism benefits while the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Competition

5.
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
a)
Predator
b)
Prey
c)
Competition
d)
Adaptation
6.
A consumer that hunts is called:
a)
a producer.
b)
an omnivore.
c)
a predator.
d)
a herbivore.
7.
Barnacles sometimes live on the outside surface of other larger shelled organisms without causing any harm. What is the ecological relationship?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Predator-Prey
8.
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
9.
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
10.
Ants protect soft bodied aphids and in return the aphids feed the ants a sugary drink. What is the ecological relationship?
a)
Cooperation
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mutualism
11.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
12.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
13.

A bird builds a nest in a tree and the tree is neither helped nor harmed. What is this type of relationship?

a)

commensalism

b)

predation

c)

mutualism

d)

parasitism

14.
A tapeworm lives in a human’s skin, taking nutrients from the human.  What is the role of the tapeworm in the relationship?
a)
Parasite 
b)
 Prey
c)
Host
d)
Parasitism
15.

What do you call the interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

symbiosis

c)

habitat

d)

prey

e)

omnivore