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Community Interactions & Succession Quiz

Quiz by Mallory Strelecky

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  • Q1
    Two different populations of birds live in the same area and eat the same types of food. Which most likely describes the relationship between these two populations of birds?
    parasitism
    competition
    predator-prey
    mutualism
    300s
  • Q2
    The deer tick survives by feeding on the blood of deer and other forest mammals. The animals are left with itchy bites and sometimes get Lyme disease as a result. How would a scientist most likely classify the deer tick?
    carnivore
    insectivore
    parasite
    predator
    300s
  • Q3
    Ants and Acacia trees have a symbiotic relationship. The tree provides the ants with nest sites and food while in return the ants defend the tree against consumers. Based on this information how can the symbiosis best be classified?
    competition
    commensalism
    mutualism
    parasitism
    300s
  • Q4
    The shark and remora have a relationship that benefits the remora but neither helps nor harms the shark. What type of relationship is this?
    parasitism
    commensalism
    mutualism
    predation
    300s
  • Q5
    Black bears and white-tailed deer are sometimes found in the same habitat but they occupy different niches. Which BEST explains the difference between habitat and niche?
    Habitat is where the animal finds food but niche describes its physical characteristics.
    Habitat is where the animal lives but niche defines its role in the ecosystem.
    Habitat is where the animal sleeps but niche explains how it defends itself.
    Habitat is where the animal hibernates but niche determines how well it competes.
    300s
  • Q6
    A gardener releases praying mantises into a garden infested with aphids that eat and destroy her plants. Which type of interaction is the gardener hoping will benefit the garden?
    competition
    predation
    mutualism
    parasitism
    300s
  • Q7
    The first living things to grow successfully on a newly formed sand dune are known as
    carnivorous plants.
    saprophytes.
    heterotrophs.
    pioneer organisms.
    300s
  • Q8
    Over a long period of time the stages represented in the diagram were each present in a particular ecosystem. After a forest fire what is the most likely order in which these stages appeared?
    Question Image
    B - D - C - A
    A - B - C - D
    D - C - A - B
    B - C - D - A
    300s
  • Q9
    A symbiotic relationship exists between two organisms of different species. If only one organism benefits from the relationship and the other is not harmed the relationship is known as
    mutualism.
    commensalism.
    parasitism.
    predation.
    300s
  • Q10
    A fundamental concept of ecology is that living organisms
    interact with other living organisms and interact with the physical environment.
    are independent and do not interact with each other or with the physical environment.
    interact with each other but do not interact with the physical environment.
    do not interact with other living organisms but do interact with the physical environment.
    300s

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