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Community Interactions

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define mutualism

a)

One organism benefits, one is unaffected

b)

Both organisms benefit

c)

One benefits, one is harmed.

2.
Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?
a)
Ticks feeding on a dog
b)
Bees transporting pollen from flowers
c)
Pilotfish swimming under sharks
d)
Birds eating the insects fromo the back of hippo
3.
Occurs when 2 or more organism use the same resource
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
4.
Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
a)
Commensalism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Competition
5.
An organism where one organism benefits and another is harmed
a)
Commensalism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Competition
6.
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
7.

One organism hunts and eats another organism.

a)

predation

b)

mutualism

c)

carnivore

d)

parasitism

8.

Two male deer fight over a female. This is an example of

a)

Symbiosis

b)

competition

c)

predation

9.

Hermit crabs use the shells of dead snails for homes. What type of interaction is this?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitism

10.

A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit is called...

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitism

11.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales.  The whale is unaffected.  
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
predation
d)
laziness
12.

The word symbiosis has a Greek origin. What is the MOST LIKELY translation of the word in Greek?

a)

hiding

b)

building

c)

making food

d)

living together