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LC3 - Pre-Assessment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ____________________ Relationship is when two living things "fight" for limited resources.

a)

Dependent

b)

Competitive

2.

Food webs are models that show how energy flows in an ecosystem. What is the ultimate source of energy for all of the organisms in the food web shown above?

a)

consumers

b)

the sun

c)

decomposers

d)

producers

3.

Hawks and owls eat the same type of food and struggle with one another to get their food. What is this an example of?

a)

Competition

b)

Biotic factor

c)

Symbiosis

d)

Population

4.
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
a)
Predator
b)
Prey
c)
Competition
d)
Adaptation
5.
If a hawk eats a snake, the snake is the...
a)
Predator
b)
Alpha
c)
Prey
d)
Mutualistic partner
6.

What is a predator?

a)

An animal who kills and eats other animals

b)

An animal who is killed and is eaten by other animals

7.

Which statement is true about symbiotic relationships?

a)

Both species benefit

b)

Neither species benefit

c)

At least one species benefits

d)

At least one species is harmed

8.

In which type of symbiotic relationship does one species benefit while the other species is unaffected?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

9.

In which type of symbiotic relationship do both species benefit?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

10.

In which type of symbiotic relationship does one species benefit while the other species is harmed?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

11.

A shrimp is warned of danger by a fish and the fish gets a home dug by the shrimp. Which type of symbiotic relationship is this?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

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.

Rabbits and sheep both graze on shrubs, grasses, and other plants. The sharp rise in the population of rabbits in a region may result in a shortage of plants for sheep to graze upon. This relationship between sheep and rabbits is an example of _________.

a)

commensalism

b)

predation

c)

parasitism

d)

competition

14.

A dodder plant wraps itself around the stem of a clover plant, seriously damaging the clover. Small root-like structures from the dodder allow it to gain nutrients and water from the clover. Which type of relationship does this represent?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

competition

d)

parasitism

15.

As a bee feeds upon the nectar produced by a flower, the bee may become coated with the flower's pollen. As the bee flies from flower to flower, some of this pollen may contact a flower's pistil, resulting in pollination.

This relationship between the bee and the flower is an example of _________.

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

d)

competition