Environmental Science Chapter 8

Pick the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.

Species A benefits and species B is killed.

• a. competition

• b. predation

• c. parasitism

• d. mutualism

• e. commensalism

Pick the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.

Species A and B negatively affect each other.

• a. competition

• b. predation

• c. parasitism

• d. mutualism

• e. commensalism

Pick the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.

Species A and B both benefit.

• a. competition

• b. predation

• c. parasitism

• d. mutualism

• e. commensalism

Pick the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.

Species A benefits and species B is unaffected.

• a. competition

• b. predation

• c. parasitism

• d. mutualism

• e. commensalism

Pick the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.

Species A benefits and species B is harmed but not killed.

• a. competition

• b. predation

• c. parasitism

• d. mutualism

• e. commensalism

Which of the following statements is correct?

• a. An organism’s niche is only the part of its habitat that it eats.

• b. An organism’s habitat is a location.

• c. Habitat and niche are the same thing.

• d. An organism’s niche is outside its habitat.

Which of the following is part of an American bison’s niche?

• a. grasslands

• b. gray wolf

• c. water

• d. all of the above

When two species in an area eat the same type of food but eat at different times of the day, their niches

• a. are the same.

• b. are examples of commensalism.

• c. overlap.

• d. eliminate competition.

If exponential growth occurs in the population of a species of predator, the population of its prey will most likely

• a. decrease quickly.

• b. increase slowly.

• c. stay the same.

• d. experience exponential growth.

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If two species coevolve, they may develop adaptations that

• a. reduce the harm of the relationship.

• b. increase the benefit of the relationship.

• c. prevent any relationships.

• d. Both (a) and (b)

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