Do Now - 2/7 - Sicence

Three different bird species live in the same tree, but competition rarely occurs.  How can this be explained?

• occupy different niches
• eat the same food
• have a limited supply of food
• live in the same part of the tree

Which organisms in the food web shown above compete for the same food source in this environment?

• Grasshoppers and snakes
• Hawks and frogs
• Frogs and snakes
• Decomposers and grasses

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Hawks and owls eat the same type of food and struggle with one another to get their food. What is this an example of?

• Competition

• Biotic factor

• Symbiosis

• Population

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Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales.  The whale is unaffected.  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• predation
• laziness

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives.  The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first.  Then the honey guide birds eat.  

• mutualism
• commensalism
• predation
• competition

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Remoras attach themselves to a shark's body. They then travel with the shak and feed on the left over scraps from the shark's meals.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• predation
• competition

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