Shamma Sultan Alketbi

11BG

Exit ticket practice sheet

Guided Practice: Use one of the terms from the word bank to label each example
described.

commensalism community competition food chain mutualism

population predation decomposer parasitism scavenger

_____ decomposer _______________ 1. Vultures gather around a dead deer.

_____ community _______________ 2. Cacti, sagebrush, lizards, snakes, and insects

live together in the desert

________ parasitism ____________ 3. A tick feeds on your dog.

________ decomposer ____________ 4. Beetles and termites break down the dead
material in the same spot on the same dead tree.

_______food chain _____________ 5. Mice feed on acorns; owls feed on mice.

_________predation ___________ 6. A pond frog catches a fat fly on his sticky tongue.

_________commensalism ___________ 7. The remora swims along with a shark and

feeds on its leftovers.

_________population ___________ 8. Mule deer live in the trees behind my house.

__________parasitism __________ 9. A bacteria causes your throat to be sore.

__________commensalism __________10. An orchid attaches itself to a tree branch

without doing the tree any harm.

________mutualism ____________11. A poisonous sea anemone gives protection to a

fish, but feeds on the predators that try to eat the fish.

________predation ____________12. A mountain lion stalks a young deer.

_________decomposer ___________13. A fungus grows on a rotting log.

_________scavenger ___________14. Ants crawl all over a dead worm.

_________mutualism ___________15. Some bacteria live and get their nourishment inside
your intestines helping to keep them healthy.

_____________competition_______16. Weeds choke out the young corn plants in your

garden.