Species Interactions

The relationships between one organism who uses a resource in such a way that another organism can't use it is called...

• Symbosis

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

If one organism eats another organism, it is known as...

• Symbiosis

• Competition

• Predation

• Mutualism

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Can a predator in a predator-prey relationship be a prey in a different relationship?

• No, a predator is always a predator

• No, a predator is always at the top of a food chain.

• Yes, a predator is always also a prey

• Yes, a predator can be in the middle of a food chain and thus be another's prey.

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When both species benefit in the interaction, the relationship between them is called...

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Predation

• Commensalism

The rhinoceros and the tickbird are two unlikely animals to help each other. The tickbird eats ticks living on the rhinoceros and receives protection by riding on the back of the rhinoceros. The rhinoceros is healthier because it has the ticks removed. What type of relationship is this?

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

• Mutualism

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Organisms that get their food from a host organism without killing it are called...

• Decomposers

• Parasites

• Bacteria

• Fungi

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In this type of relationship, one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.

• Mutualism

• Neutralism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

These barnacles are getting a free ride on this whale, but the whale doesn't care. What's the relationship?

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

A mosquito drinks the blood from a human. In this relationship, the mosquito is the ___________ and the human is the ___________.

• Predator; Prey

• Parasite; Host

• Host; Parasite

• Prey; Predator

In the wild, lions and hyenas hunt for the same food. This makes them...

• Competitors

• Friends

• Parasites

• Prey

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