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PATTERNS OF INTERACTION PRACTICE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name

Class

Date

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

mutualism

parasitism

commensalism

competition

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

Mutualism

Competition

Parasitsm

Commensalism

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.

Mutualism

Competition

Parasitsm

Commensalism

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the ____________.

host, hostess

parasite, host

host, parasite

prey, predator

What best describes the relationship between bees and flowering plants.

mutualism

parasitism

neutralism

commensalism

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. What kind of relationship is this?

Mutualism

Parasitism

Commensalism

A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.

mutualism

competition

predator/prey

parasitism

Remoras attach themselves to a shark’s body. They then travel with the shark and feed on the leftover food scraps from the shark’s meals. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the shark.

parasitism

commensalism

mutualism

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed.

parasitism

commensalism

mutualism

10.

Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. This relationship neither helps nor harms the snails.

parasitism

commensalism

mutualism

11.

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a __________.

predator

prey

population

12.

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

resource

mutualism

succession

symbiosis

13.

Which symbols best describe parasitism?

+,+

+,-

+,0

-,0

14.

How many types of symbiosis are there?

If you pick this you're silly
1000

15.

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala. This is an example of _______.

commensalism

mutualism

neutralism

competition

16.

What will happen if the snake population decreases?

if the snakes decrease, only the grass population will decrease

if the snakes decrease, the population of mice would increase

if the snakes decrease, only the grasshopper will change

if the snakes decrease, then nothing will happen

17.

A system comprising biotic and abiotic factors of an environment

Competitive interaction

Predatory interaction

Interdependent

Ecosystem

18.

Ecosystems have multiple ___________________ going on simultaneously

Competitive

Reduce

Relationships

Mutually beneficial

19.

How might plants compete with each other?

Compete for sunlight or water

Compete for human attention

Compete for biggest leaves

Compete for longest stem

20.

A chimpanzee eats fruits, nuts, leaves, and small mammals. What kind of organism is a chimpanzee?

carnivore

decomposer

producer

omnivore

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PATTERNS OF INTERACTION PRACTICE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 29mins

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