Interactions in an Ecosystem

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Science

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7th Grade

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Kimberly Beck

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a living thing in an ecosystem, such as a plant, an animal, or a bacterium

Abiotic factor

Biotic factor

Niche

Food Web

Multiple Choice

the effects on the ecosystem that are a result of the nonliving parts of that ecosystem

Abiotic Factors

Biotic Factors

Consumers

Producers

Multiple Choice

the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem

Food Chain

Abiotic Factors

Food Web

Biotic Factors

Multiple Choice

the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

Ecosystem

Population

Food Web

Species

Multiple Choice

Similar organisms that can reproduce with each other are considered to be members of the same _______________.

community

species

biosphere

ecosystem

Reorder

Reorder the following from least to greatest (from left to right).

organism

population

community

ecosystem

biome

Multiple Choice

the role of an organism in an ecosystem

Cache

Biotic

Niche

Energy

Multiple Choice

Which term refers to the place where an organism obtains everything they need to survive?

biosphere

habitat

niche

ecology

Multiple Choice

Which term refers to the job an organism plays within its environment?

biosphere

ecology

habitat

niche

Multiple Choice

An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

niche

structure

characteristic

adaptation

Multiple Choice

Coloring or another physical characteristic that help an organism blend in with its environment

mimicry

camouflage

hibernation

migration

Multiple Choice

The Bald Eagle has __________.

keen eyesight

sharp talons

sharp beak

all of the above

Multiple Choice

A trait that helps a living thing survive.

instinct

mimicry

camouflage

adaptation

Multiple Choice

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

an adaptation

environment

response

stimulus

Multiple Choice

How do adaptations help animals?

To escape animals

to hunt for food

to survive in their habitats

All of these are correct

Multiple Choice

1. What is an adaptation?

A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.

The food that an animal eats.

How energy moves in a food web.

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Maria and her classmates are observing animals at the pond. They notice that wood storks and ibisies both feed on fish. Which of these describes the relationship between these two birds.

Parasitism

Competition

Predator and prey

Producer and consumer

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Which pair of organisms listed below are competitors for the same natural resources?

Ticks and dogs

Lions and leopards

Honeybees and flowers

Salmon and brown bears

Multiple Choice

After walking through a field, you find a tick attached to your leg. What is the tick's relationship to you?

Predator

Decomposer

Producer

Prey

Multiple Choice

Which of the examples below can BEST be described as mutualism between animals?

A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a bird and consumes the food that the bird has eaten

Mountain lions and wolves fight each other for the same deer

A bird eats parasites off a rhinoceros while the rhinoceros provides protection to the bird

Rats live in the garbage dump of a town and rarely interact with people

Multiple Choice

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

Predator

Prey

Parasite

Host

Multiple Choice

Occurs when 2 or more organism use the same resource

Competition

Mutualism

Commensalism

Parasitism

Multiple Choice

A close long term association between 2 or more species

Mutualism

Commensalism

Symbiosis

Parasitism

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Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

Commensalism

Parasitism

Mutualism

Competition

Multiple Choice

An organism where one organism benefits and another is harmed

Commensalism

Parasitism

Mutualism

Competition

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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

Multiple Choice

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

mutualism

parasitism

commensalism

competition

Multiple Choice

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

Mutualism

Competition

Parasitsm

Commensalism

Multiple Choice

What type of symbiosis? Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.

commensalism

mutualism

parasitism

predation

Multiple Choice

Which symbols best describe parasitism?

+,+

+,-

+,0

-,0

Multiple Choice

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the ____________.

host, hostess

parasite, host

host, parasite

prey, predator

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