General Knowledge
Symbiotic Relationships
Terms and Definitions
Niches
100

True or False: All members of a species are identical.

False

100

How many species benefit in a mutualistic relationship?

Both

100

The term describing the ROLE an organism plays in its ecosystem.

Niche

100

List 3 factors that are involved in describing a organism's niche. (many correct answers)

Will vary

200

An adaptation is anything that...

Helps an organism survive in its environment

200

Identify: An invasive bacteria makes you sick when ingested into your stomach. The bacteria gains a safe place to reproduce.

Parasitic Relationship

200

This term describes a niche of a consumer that only eats other consumers.

Carnivore

200

This Niche is described as an organism that has MANY different options to find food and survive.

Generalist

300

Two birds of paradise showing off their plummage to win the same female is an example of which type of competition?

Intraspecies Competition

300

Identify: Lichen grows on the bark of trees. The Lichen gains a sturdy home. The trees remain unchanged.

Commensalism

300

The differences between members of the SAME species is called...

Variations

300

This niche is described as an organism that is excellent in finding ONE source of food.

Specialist

400

Identify an example of an ABITOIC factor in an environment.

Many

400

Identify: The remora fish eats small infections from the shark's hide. The shark gets a clean, the remora gets a meal.

Mutualism

400

A type of adaptation possessed by an animal that describes what the animal DOES...

Behavioral adaptation

400

We tend to find specialist Niches in this Biome, near the equator.

Rainforest

500

A species is defined as a group of organisms that have similar traits and can...

Reproduce fertile offspring

500

A cow moves through a field of grass, disturbing many insects as it does. The Egret bird then eats the panicked bugs. The cow continues walking, unphased.

Commensalism

500

The concept that only the organisms most FIT to survive their environment will live to pass on their genetic information.

Natural Selection

500

Which of the following does NOT have a generalist Niche: Raccoon, Seaweed, Clownfish, Seagull

Clownfish

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