Ecological Relationship

A hawk soaring above a field hunting for a field mouse is an example of which relationship?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

• Predation

What type of relationship in which one animal hunts, kills and eats another?

• Predation

• Symbiosis

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

The animal that is hunted and killed for food.

• Predator

• Prey

• Scavenger

• Decomposer

Lichen is a symbiotic decomposer that attaches itself to trees and slowly breaks them down. They obtain nutrients from the tree, allowing them to survive and reproduce. What type of relationship is this?

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  Predator-prey

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Competition

The picture is an example of which relationship?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

• Predation

Which of the following is an example of competition?

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The image represents what type of relationship?

• Predator-prey

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Competition

Describes an interaction that benefits both species.

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Amensalism

• Commensalism

Ticks carry bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Ticks do not get Lyme

disease, but they can transfer the bacteria to humans, who can get the

disease. Which of the following statements best describes the relationships among

the bacteria, the ticks, and the humans?

• The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is commensalism, and the

  relationship between the ticks and the humans is predation.

• The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is

  commensalism, and the

  relationship between the ticks and the humans is parasitism.

• The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is competition, and the

  relationship between the ticks and the humans is parasitism.

• The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is competition, and the

  relationship bet

  ween the ticks and the humans is predation.

The ecological relationship between a hawk and a rabbit is the same type

of relationship as that between ___.

• tick and a deer.

• a frog and an insect.

• a mouse and a chipmunk.

• a bee and a flowering plant