SCIENCE

Chapter 8 Interaction in a Community

I. Multiple Choice. Read and understand the questions or statements very carefully. Choose the
BEST answer.

1. The interaction between the two species is called ________.

a. symbiosis
b. symbolism
c. systems

2. What symbolic interaction shows a relationship that both organisms benefit?

a. parasitism
b. commensalism
c. mutualism

3. Certain social behaviors reduce ________.

a. extinction
b. competition
c. predation

4. How do male songbirds indicate their territories?

a. Marking with urine
b. Creating nests
c. Singing

5. In the bee colony, who produces eggs that will be the future workers?
a. Male bee
b. Queen bee
c. Worker bee

6. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

a. A bee colony lives in an anthill.
b. Animals in an ecosystem use space, water, and food as they decrease in size.
c. An animal will only be able to attract a mate if it has a territory.

7. What causes more competition?

a. Increase in resources
b. Decrease in population
c. Increase in population

8. Tall trees take up plenty of sunlight and smaller trees may not survive since they do not get
enough nutrients and light, causing their growth to slow down.
a. competition
b. predation
c. social behavior

9. In the bee colony, who supplies the hive with food, stores and makes honey for the winter
days, and feeds the queen bee?
a. Worker bees
b. Drones
c. Male bees

10. An animal that lives by harming another living thing is called ________. The living thing that is
being harmed is called the __________ and is rarely killed in this kind of relationship.
a. predator, host
b. parasite, host
c. host, parasite
11. You have observed that the clownfish stays in anemone colonies to protect itself from big
fishes and you see that the anemone is not affected by the clownfish. What symbiotic
relationship occurred?
a. commensalism
b. mutualism
c. parasitism

12. It is a group of the same species living and working together such as bees, birds, and humans.
a. symbiosis
b. community
c. society

13. This occurs when the needs of organisms in an ecosystem are limited.
a. parasitism
b. competition
c. predation

14. An area that an animal defends is called _________.

a. habitat
b. territory
c. environment

15. In the bee colony, what is the role of the male bees or drones?
a. Fertilize the queen bee
b. Clean and protect the hive
c. Feed the queen bee

16. An animal that kills and eats another animal is called a _________
a. predation
b. prey
c. predator

17. Read and understand the statements. Which of the following shows a competition?

I. Plant roots growing next to each other.

II. Lions fight for the same food.
III. Owls hunting mice.
IV. two birds having a race to get the fish.

a. III and IV
b. I, II, and IV
c. !, II, and III

18. Which of the following BEST improves chances of animals to survive?

a. Social behavior
b. Competition
c. Social fighting

19. It is the smaller and weaker animal that is being killed and eaten.
a. prey
b. predator
c. predation

20. A bee is able to get food from the flower and it spreads the pollen to another flower. Then, the
flower will be able to reproduce. What symbiotic relationship is being described?
a. competition
b. predation
c. mutualism
21. Some live inside the host and may enter the body through skin, water, or food.
a. commensalism
b. predation
c. parasitism

22. A frog eating a cricket is an example of what interaction?

a. competition
b. predation
c. mutualism

23. Which of the following is an example of mutualism?

a. The most receives more sunlight for photosynthesis if it grows on high tree branches
rather than close to the ground. As a result, the most benefits from the tree and the
tree gets nothing in return and it is unaffected by the relationship.
b. Fungi grow on the wastes of ants. Once the fungus grows, the ants eat it. The ants
give life to the fungi and they use the fungi as a food source.
c. Mosquito is a parasite that may carry diseases when it sucks blood from humans or
animals.

24. Which condition can be classified as not having a symbiotic relationship?

a. They do not live together in the same place.
b. They are in the same place.
c. They do not have separate territories.

25. What is the similarity between predation and parasitism?

a. There are no benefits between the two organisms.
b. Both organisms benefit.
c. One organism benefits while the other is harmed.
Answer Key- Multiple Choice
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. B
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. C
21. C
22. B
23. B
24. A
25. C
II. Identification. Determining the interactions being described in the following statements if it is
Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism, Predation, or Competition.

_________ 1. A relationship in which two organisms live together and depend on each other.

_________ 2. One organism benefits while the other is harmed.

_________ 3. One organism benefits while the other organism is neither helped nor harmed.

_________ 4. Organisms do not compete with each other but they live in a cooperative relationship.

_________ 5. Struggles among organisms for the same materials or conditions.

_________6. Lion eating a buffalo.

_________7. A relationship that benefits one organism (parasite) and harms the other (host).

_________8.A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is not affected.

_________9. A decrease in the amount of nutrients, space, and light causes the growth of these

plants to slow down.

________10. When you have a sore throat bacteria can be living in your throat and are using your

body as a host.
Answer Key-Identification
1. Mutualism
2. Parasitism
3. Mutualism
4. Mutualism
5. Competition
6. Predation
7. Parasitism
8. Commensalism
9. Competition
10. Parasitism