Life Science: Ecology, Book E

Section 3: Interactions Within Communities

Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1.
Which of these organisms is a producer?
A)fern
B)snake
C)bear
D)trout
2.
A pig is which kind of consumer?
A)carnivore
B)decomposer
C)herbivore
D)omnivore
3.
Your sick puppy is diagnosed with roundworms. What type of symbiotic relationship do the puppy and the roundworms have?
A)parasitism
B)commensalism
C)mutualism
D)cooperative
4.
Clown fish swim among a sea anemone's tentacles without being stung. What type of symbiotic relationship do the clown fish and the sea anemone have?
A)parasitism
B)commensalism
C)mutualism
D)consumerism
5.
Consumers that capture and eat other consumers are __________.
A)herbivores
B)predators
C)food chains
D)producers
6.
A scientist wants to count the golden eagle population in a forest of 2000 m2. Nine golden eagles are found in a 20 m2 area. What is the estimated size of the population?
A)20
B)900
C)2,000
D)9
7.
Which of these animals has a habitat in the cold northern regions?
A)howler monkeys
B)polar bears
C)scarlet macaws
D)rattlesnakes
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