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Biology 6.1 Habitats, Niches & Symbiosis

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An area with a particular combination of physical and biological environmental factors that affect which organisms can live within it

a)

habitat

b)

niche

c)

competition

d)

biome

2.

the variety of environmental conditions within a species can survive and reproduce

a)

habitat

b)

niche

c)

tolerance

d)

resource

3.

where an organism lives and what it does "for a living"; an organism's "role" within an ecosystem

a)

habitat

b)

niche

c)

competition

d)

biome

4.

The phenomenon that no two species can occupy exactly the same niche in exactly the same habitat at exactly the same time

a)

niche

b)

habitat

c)

predator-prey relationships

d)

competitive exclusion principle

5.

the state or condition of feeding on plants

a)

predator

b)

prey

c)

herbivory

d)

resourcing

6.

These images represent which phenomenon?

a)

logistic growth

b)

competitive exclusion

c)

exponential growth

d)

predator prey relationships

7.

These images represent which phenomenon?

a)

logistic growth

b)

competitive exclusion

c)

exponential growth

d)

predator prey relationships

8.

A century ago, hunters nearly eliminated otters across much of their range. After that, kelp forests up and down the couch vanished. Without otters preying on sea urchins, urchin populations skyrocketed. Armies or urchins devoured kelp. Without kelp forests as habitats, fishes, seabirds, and many other species disappeared. In this community, otters function as

a)

symbiotic species

b)

mutualistic species

c)

commensalistic species

d)

keystone species

9.

a particularly close, interdependent relationship between two species is known as

a)

symbiosis

b)

predator prey relationships

c)

succession

d)

biodiversity

10.

Between bees and flowers, the flowers get pollinated and the bees get nectar. Which type of symbiotic relationship is this?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitism

11.

Tapeworms live in the intestines of mammals where they absorb large amounts of their hosts' partially-digested food. Which type of symbiotic relationship is this?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitism

12.

What of the following is most likely to occur if an organism's environment is outside the organism's range of tolerance?

a)

growth of the organisms increases

b)

organisms fail to reproduce

c)

organisms produce more offspring to increase their chance of survival

d)

organisms develop mutualistic relationships