2E Prove Mastery (unit 3)

A fungi decomposing and using nutrients from a dead tree is called _______

• ammensalism
• predation
• saprophytism
• commensalism

Orchids grow inside a bromeliad plant. The orchid obtains water and nutrients from the bromeliad, but does not help or harm it. This shows which relationship?

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Neutralism
• Competition

This interaction is exemplified by moss growing on a tree trunk

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• predation
• parasitism

This relationship is demonstrated by European Starlings displacing Bluebirds from nesting sites.

• Amensalism
• Competition
• predation
• parasitism

This relationship is demonstrated by ticks feeding on a deer

• mutualism
• commensalism
• predation
• parasitism

When a plant releases a chemical that harms the organisms around it, but has no effect on itself this is called ________

• mutualism
• commensalism
• predation
• ammensalism

Which of the following relationships identifies a situation in which two species share a requirement for a limited resource thus reducing the fitness of one or both species?

• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Decomposition
• Competition

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

• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Predation

What type of relationship is this?

• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Predation

Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?

• Birds eating the insects from the back of a hippopotamus
• Pilot fish swimming under sharks
• Bees transporting pollen from flowers
• Tapeworm in an intestinal tract