Ecology Review #3

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

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Which of these describes a mutually beneficial relationship between two organisms?

• A dog with worms in its intestine
• A turtle and a snail that both eat grass live in a river
• A honeybee pollinating a plant and receiving nectar for food
• A small fish attached to a shark, eating tiny pieces of the shark's food as it floats

Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?

• Ticks feeding on a dog
• Bees transporting pollen from flowers
• Pilotfish swimming under sharks
• Birds eating the insects fromo the back of hippo

What you would call an ecological symbiotic relationship between two organisms where one benefits, but the other is not helped or harmed?

• mutualsim

• predator

• commensalism

• parasitism

• herbivory

An ecological symbiotic relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed…

• parasitism

• herbivore

• mutualism

• carnivore

• commensalism

What would you call an ecological symbiotic relationship that is helpful to both organisms involved?

• commensalism
• niche
• mutualism
• habitat
• parasitism

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on an impala. The impala gets rid of parasites and the red-billed oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.

• Mutualsim 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm). 

• Mutualsim 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

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Ostriches and gazelles are two animals that live in Africa. They graze for food near each other because they help each other spot predators. The gazelle has excellent eyesight, but poor hearing, and the ostrich has excellent hearing, but poor eyesight. These two animals will alert one another when danger is near. Which term best describes this relationship?

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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