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Ecological Relationships

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

The area of an ecosystem where an organism lives is called its...

a)

Community

b)

Biome

c)

Habitat

d)

Biosphere

2.

What is a niche?

a)

An area of an ecosystem where an organism lives

b)

An organism's role in its environment

c)

Interactions between organism's in the environment

d)

A group of organisms in an environment

3.

Describe the relationship between predators and prey.

a)

Predators kill prey for food

b)

Prey kill predators for food

c)

Predators and prey have a symbiotic relationship

d)

Predators and prey have a mutually beneficial relationship

4.

A species that is critical for the survival of other species in an ecosystem is called a...

a)

Keystone Species

b)

Pioneer Species

c)

Ecological Species

d)

Niche Species

5.

How is interspecific competition different from intraspecific competition?

a)

Interspecific is between different species, Intraspecific is between the same species

b)

Intraspecific is between different species, Interspecific is between the same species

c)

Intraspecific causes both organisms to benefit

d)

Interspecific causes both organisms to benefit

6.

According to the competitive exclusion principle...

a)

2 organisms cannot occupy the same niche at the same time

b)

2 organisms cannot both benefit in a relationship

c)

In a relationship, one organism must die

d)

In a relationship, only one organism can reproduce

7.

In symbiosis...

a)

The relationship is over a short period of time

b)

Both organisms must benefit

c)

The relationship is always intraspecific

d)

The relationship is always between 2 different species

8.

In parasitism which organisms is harmed

a)

Parasite

b)

Host

c)

Both parasite and host

d)

Neither organism is harmed

9.

Why don't parasites immediately kill their hosts?

a)

The host must live long enough for the parasite to reproduce

b)

The parasite cannot kill the host

c)

The parasite wants the host to benefit

d)

The host becomes immune to the parasite

10.

In which ecological relationship does one organism benefit while the other is unharmed?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Symbiosis

11.

In mutualism...

a)

Both organisms benefit

b)

One organism benefits and one is not harmed

c)

One organism benefits and one organism is harmed

d)

Neither organism benefits