Competition and Organism Interactions in Ecosystems

Which of the following is NOT a symbiotic relationship?

• Competition

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

What term describes organisms striving for the same limited resources?

• Competition

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

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Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship in which what occurs between the organisms?

• both organisms are harmed

• one benefits, the other is unaffected

• one benefits, the other is harmed

• one benefits by eating the other

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When the population of predators gets too high...

• Prey pop. will increase--> predator pop. will increase

• Prey pop. will decrease--> predator pop. will increase

• Prey pop. will decrease--> predator pop. will decrease

• It depends on the biome

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A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

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In this picture, the ZEBRA is the __________________

• predator
• prey

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Lion and Zebra - The lion hunts and kills the zebra for its food. This is an example of? 

• predator-prey
• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism 

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nonliving factors that affect the ecosystem; includes light, space, temperature, shelter, water, and soil composition

• Abiotic Factors

• Biodiversity

• Biotic Factors

• Dynamic

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more than one individual or population in an ecosystem that relies upon the same limited resources

• Competition

• Population

• Biodiversity

• Recycling

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factors that are living or produced by living things

• Biotic Factors

• Abiotic Factors

• Population

• Community

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