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Beneficial and Harmful Interactions Among Living Things

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of the interaction of living things with one another and its environment?

a)

community

b)

ecosystem

c)

ecology

d)

population

2.

What type of interaction in which both organisms benefit from each other.

a)

commensalism

b)

competition

c)

mutualism

d)

parasitism

3.

There are different species of animals and plants living together in the same environment. How is this organization classified?

a)

association

b)

ecology

c)

community

d)

population

4.

Which of the following pairs of organisms has harmful interaction?

a)

a snake and a rat

b)

orchids and trunk of a tree

c)

a bird's nest and a tree

d)

butterflies and flowers

5.

What makes the ecosystem as a unit of interactions?

a)

a system that helps animals survive in the environment

b)

all of the biotic and abiotic factors in an area

c)

a place with a bunch of dead organisms

d)

a relationship among organisms.

6.

What type of interaction in which organism kills the smaller organism for food?

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

parasitism

d)

mutualism

7.

What type of interaction in which two or more organisms compete for survival?

a)

commensalism

b)

competition

c)

parasitism

d)

predation

8.

What type of interaction among organisms where one benefits while the other is not benefited or harmed?

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

d)

predation

9.

It is a symbolic relationship where one organism depends on the host for food, protection and reproduction.

a)

commensalism

b)

competition

c)

mutualism

d)

parasitism

10.

One example of commensalism is when the plant like fern attached to a branch of a tree. Why is the interaction called commensalism?

a)

Both a branch of a tree and a fern benefit from each other.

b)

Only a branch of a tree has benefited from the relationship

c)

A fern benefits from the relationship while a branch of a tree, neither harmed nor benefited

d)

They compete with each other.

11.

In Predation interaction, the one that usually benefits is called _______.

a)

prey

b)

predator

c)

parasites

d)

host

12.

It is the one that gets harmed or badly affected in a predation relationship.

a)

parasite

b)

host

c)

prey

d)

predator

13.

What do you call on the organisms that usually benefit from parasitism interaction?

a)

prey

b)

predator

c)

parasites

d)

host

14.

It is affected by the internal or external parasites.

a)

prey

b)

predator

c)

parasites

d)

host

15.

Why is relationship between a bee and a flower considered mutualistic?

a)

The bee benefits from the interaction because of the nectar it gets from the flower

b)

The flower benefits from the interaction because of the pollen grain being transferred by the bee from one flower to another.

c)

Both the bee and the flower benefit from the interaction because of the good things that contribute to their development

d)

The bee benefits from the interaction while the flower is affected