8.2 Quiz - Ecosystem Interactions

This occurs when organisms seek the same resources.

• symbiotic relationship

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

When individuals of two different species live together in close association.

• symbiotic relationship

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

A relationship between two organisms where both organisms benefit.

• parasitism

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other does not benefit and is not harmed.

• parasitism

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

The picture below is an example of ___________________.

• symbiotic relationship

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other is harmed, but usually not immediately killed.

• parasitism

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

Small birds eat insects from the backs of rhinoceroses. The birds obtain food, and the rhinoceroses eliminate biting insects from their skins. Which ecological relationship is NOT represented by this situation?

• parasitism

• mutualism

• predation

• commensalism

This picture represents a ____________________.

• parasitism

• mutualism

• competition

• commensalism

This picture represents a ____________________ relationship.

• parasitism

• mutualism

• competition

• predator-prey

These use the energy from sunlight to build sugars and other organic molecules, which in turn are used to build the organisms' bodies and provide energy to them and other organisms.

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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