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WorksheetsSymbiosis and other interactions
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Hawks and owls eat the same thing. That relationship is called ___________.
a)
adaptation
b)
competition
c)
parasitism
d)
mutualism
2.
Some plants can be parasites.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
3.
When one organism is helped and has no effect on the other, the relationship is called __________.
a)
competition
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
d)
adaptation
4.
A scientist who studies ecosystems is called a(n) ____.
a)
oncologist
b)
zoologist
c)
ecologist
d)
geneticist
5.
The relationship between a clown fish and a sea anemone is ______.
a)
predatory
b)
parasitic
c)
mutualistic
d)
commensalistic
6.
The direction of the arrows in a food web show _______.
a)
parasitic relationships
b)
symbiosis
c)
energy flow
d)
predator and prey
7.
Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
8.
A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a cat absorbing nutrients through its skin. A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
9.
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
10.
What type of symbiosis? Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
11.
Which symbols best describe parasitism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
12.
When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the ____________.
a)
host, hostess
b)
parasite, host
c)
host, parasite
d)
prey, predator
13.
Mockingbirds will push the eggs out of a blue bird's nest and use the nest for it's own babies illustrating...
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
mutualism
d)
predation
14.
A relationship in which two species live closely together.
a)
resource
b)
mutualism
c)
succession
d)
symbiosis
15.
The study of interactions in an ecosystem.
a)
ecology
b)
philosophy
c)
scientology
d)
biology
16.
The organism that is hunted and eaten in a particular feeding relationship is known as:
a)
Predator
b)
Decomposer
c)
Prey
d)
Autotroph
17.
For populations to continue to survive, some organisms in the population must _________.
a)
grow
b)
reproduce
c)
eat
d)
die
18.
Two male deer fight over a female. This is an example of
a)
Symbiosis
b)
competition
c)
predation
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