Organisms' Interactions

The chart below provides information about six animals that live in the Amazon Rain Forest. Based on the chart, which two animals compete with each other for food?

• Bat and Sloth

• Jaguar and Howler Monkey

• Tapir and Bat

• Toucan and Sloth

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Some students studied four Florida mammals. The students listed the diets of the animals in the table. Which mammals compete with each other the MOST for food?

• beaver and fox

• beaver and mink

• fox and otter

• mink and otter

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Which pair of organisms will MOST likely compete for a similar food source?

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Koalas are herbivores that are native to Australia. Koalas live in trees and eat only the leaves of the eucalyptus tree. A group of koalas eats the leaves from eucalyptus trees faster than new leaves can grow back. Which of these is MOST likely to happen next?

• The koalas enter into hibernation until the eucalyptus leaves grow back.

• The koalas move to an area with more eucalyptus trees.

• The koalas store leaves in nests to eat later.

• The koalas begin eating leaves from other trees.

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The diagram illustrates a salt marsh ecosystem. Using the diagram, which statement is MOST likely true?

• The Sun directly provides energy to the heron.

• The oysters find shelter in the cordgrass.

• The marsh crab uses the terrapin for food.

• The cordgrass provides shelter for the periwinkle snail.

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The table lists food sources of some animals that live in a forest ecosystem. Which organisms compete directly with each other for food?

• black bear and beaver

• little brown bat and beaver

• black bear and white-tailed deer

• little brown bat and white-tailed deer

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The American alligator can be found in wetland habitats. Scientists think that if populations of American alligators decrease, populations of rats and other small animals might increase. The relationship between rats and alligators can BEST be described in which way?

• The alligators eat the rats as food.

• The rats eat young alligators as food.

• The rats eat food that alligators leave behind.

• The alligators and the rats eat the same kind of food.

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Josefina saw a house covered in a plant called kudzu. Kudzu grows so fast it can cover objects and even other plants causing them to die. How does the ability to grow quickly MOST likely help kudzu survive?

• It uses structures like houses for protection.

• It makes the plant more resistant to disease.

• It reduces the competition for resources.

• It allows for new plant species to grow.

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The chart below provides information about six animals that live in the Amazon Rain Forest. Based on the chart, which two animals compete with each other for food?

• Bat and Sloth

• Jaguar and Howler Monkey

• Tapir and Bat

• Toucan and Sloth

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Some students studied four Florida mammals. The students listed the diets of the animals in the table. Which mammals compete with each other the MOST for food?

• beaver and fox

• beaver and mink

• fox and otter

• mink and otter

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