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Interactions in Ecosystem

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is known as a relationship in which both organisms involved benefit. 

a)

Predator-Prey

b)

Commensalism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Decomposition

2.

A feeder fish usually follows behind sharks to pick up food scraps that they leave behind. The fish gets food and the shark is unaffected. This is an example of:

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Decomposition

3.

After walking through a field, you find a tick attached to your leg. What is the tick's relationship to you?

a)

Predator

b)

Decomposer

c)

Producer

d)

Prey

4.

An organism that kills and eats another for food

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

c)

Parasite

d)

Plant

5.

Occurs when 2 or more organism use the same resource

a)

Competition

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Parasitism

6.

A close long term association between 2 or more species

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Symbiosis

d)

Parasitism

7.

Relationship where both organism benefit

a)

Competition

b)

Commensalism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Parasitism

8.

Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Competition

9.

An organism where one organism benefits and another is harmed

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Competition

10.

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

d)

competition

11.

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

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.

Which of the following is an example of mutualism in an ecosystem?

a)

A bee pollinating a flower

b)

A lion hunting a zebra

c)

A fungus decomposing a log

d)

A tick feeding on a dog

14.

In a food web, what role do decomposers play?

a)

They produce energy from sunlight

b)

They break down dead organisms

c)

They compete with predators

d)

They provide shelter for prey

15.

What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

a)

Wind

b)

Water

c)

Sunlight

d)

Soil