Biotic Relationships Quiz

1. Biotic relationships involves interactions between:
A organisms and their living and non-living surroundings
B living organisms of different species
C organisms of the same species
2. The term 'symbiosis' means the 'living together' of different organisms for a:
A permanent association always
B short time
C long time
3. The symbiotic relationship where two different organisms both benefit is called:
A commensalism
B mutualism
C predator-prey relationship
4. A tick lives on a dog. In this case, the dog is the:
A parasite
B prey
C host
5. A parasite derives nutrients from its host but does not kill it. This is because it:
A would lose its food source
B cannot kill the host
C the host would kill it
6. Lions hunt and kill antelopes. The antelopes are the:
A predators
B prey
C hosts
7. An example of commensalism where one organism benefits from the relationship but the other is neither helped nor harmed is:
A a leech living on a possum
B E. Coli bacteria in the gut
C influenza virus in the lungs
8. Sheep and rabbits require the same food - grass. This is an example of:
A mutualism
B competition
C greed
9. The living thing formed from the mutualistic association of an alga and a fungus is the:
Alichen
Bmushroom
Cseaweed
10. The clown fish living inside the sea anemone is an example of:
Acommensalism
Bpredation
Cparasitism
11. The resources for which organisms compete may be:
Afood and water
Bnesting sites
Cboth of the above
12. Beneficial bacteria in the gut produce Vitamin C for humans and in return use the digested food for their food source. This is an example of:
Apredation
Bparasitism
Cmutualism
13. The term 'biotic' means:
Asurvival
Bnon-living
Cliving
14. One other resource for which organisms compete apart from food and water is:
Aspace such as nesting sites
Bdisease such as bacteria
Cozone
15. The name for the relationship between the water buffalo and the small bird which rids the buffalo of annoying ticks and other parasites is:
Amutualism
Bparasitism
Cneither of the above
 
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