Habitats, Niches, and Species Interactions

What is the term for a relationship where both organisms benefit?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predation

What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefit and the other is neither helped or harmed?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predation

What is the term for a relationship where one organisms hurts another organism?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Displacement

What type of species can withstand a narrow range of environmental conditions?

• Generalist

• Specialist

• Fundamentalist

• Realist

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Which of the following habitats was not presented on in class?

• Temperate Forest

• Grassland Regions

• Sandhill Regions

• Tropical Forest

Which bird species did we discuss as an example for character displacement?

• Wabler

• Eagle

• Chickity

• Cardinals

Which of the following is a biological aspect of an organism's niche?

• the water in the area

• the way it gets its food

• the amount of sunlight

• composition of soil

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Why can't two species occupy the same niche and habitat at the same time?

• Because of the interactions that shape the ecosystem.

• They can unless they require different abiotic factors.

• Because of the competitive exclusion principle.

• They can unless they require different biotic factors.

Several species of warblers (a type of bird) can live in the same spruce tree ONLY because they

• have different habitats within the tree

• don't eat food from the tree

• occupy different niches within the tree

• can find different temperatures within the tree

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An interaction in which an animal feeds on plants:

• carnivory

• herbivory

• predation

• symbiosis