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Ecosystem Maintenance F1 Study Guide

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environment is.....

a)

Mutualism

b)

Competition

c)

Adaptation

d)

Parasitism

2.

Seagulls fly down and eat crabs on rocky beaches, reducing the number of crabs on the beaches is an example of

a)

Mutualism

b)

Predation

c)

Competition

d)

Adaptation

3.

Snakes and hawks both eat the same prey in open fields and near ponds, reducing the number of prey available to them is an example of

a)

Adaptation

b)

Competition

c)

Predation

d)

Mutualism

4.

The pattern of browns on the skins of copperhead snakes camouflage it as it rests in dead leaves on the forest floor is an example of ....

a)

Predation

b)

Competition

c)

Adaptation

d)

Mutualism

5.

What effect can competition have on a population size?

a)

Competition can result in one population decreasing

while another increases.

b)

Competition between species rarely affects the

population size of either species.

c)

Competition happens when one species preys upon

another.

d)

Species in one habitat or location can greatly impact

the same species in a different habitat or location.

6.

What patterns do scientists usually observe between predator-prey relationships?

a)

The predator population is typically larger than the prey

population.

b)

hen the prey population increases, the predator population

decreases at the same time.

c)

When the prey population decreases, the predator population

also decreases within a short time period later.

d)

There is no relationship between the populations of predators

and prey.

7.

When an organism lives on, with, or in another organism and harming it is called.

a)

Interactions

b)

Mutualism

c)

Competition

d)

Parasitism

8.

In this relationship, both organisms benefit from one another.

a)

Interactions

b)

Mutualism

c)

Parasitism

d)

commensalism

9.

The relationship between two species where one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Interaction