Grade 10 Quiz

Multiple Choice
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Two robins eating worms on the same lawn is an 5. One difference between parasitism and predation is
example of that parasites
a. mutualism. a. do very little harm to their hosts.
b. commensalism. b. keep their hosts alive for a period of time.
c. competition. c. attack the host only from the inside.
d. parasitism. d. are not very big.

2. Predation is best described as 6. Which of the following describes the density of a

a. one organism capturing and eating another. population?
b. two organisms competing for limited resources. a. 5 sloths dispersed randomly
c. an interaction in which two species benefit b. 100 people in the area
from each other. c. 100 wolves per square mile
d. an interaction in which one species benefits d. 1 acre per family
and other is not affected.
7. The way in which individuals of a population are
3. Aphids eat the sap from plants and excrete sticky spread out is called
waste that ants eat. The ants protect the aphids a. population density.
from predators. This type of interaction is called b. population dispersion.
a. parasitism. c. survivorship.
b. mutualism. d. predation.
c. commensalism.
d. competition. 8. Zebra herds that live and move together are an
example of what type of dispersion?
4. An oak tree provides a sparrow a place to build a a. clumped dispersion
nest. The nest neither benefits nor harms the tree. b. uniform dispersion
What is the name for this type of relationship? c. random dispersion
a. mutualism d. territorial dispersion
b. commensalism
c. predation
d. parasitism

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 9. What does a survivorship curve show?
a. the number of births and deaths each year
b. the number of predators that fed on a species'
eggs
c. the number of offspring born in a particular
year
d. the number of offspring still alive over time
10. Most large mammals have type 1 survivorship
curves, which means they have
a. low infant mortality and high rates of survival
into old age.
b. roughly equal survivorship rates at all ages.
c. high numbers of offspring so that a few will
survive.
d. very high levels of predation and uniform
dispersion.

The diagrams below show different kinds of interactions between species.

11. Refer to the illustration above. The relationship 14. Refer to the illustration above. The relationship
shown in diagram 1 is shown in diagram 4 is
a. commensalism. a. commensalism.
b. competition. b. competition.
c. mutualism. c. mutualism.
d. parasitism. d. parasitism.

12. Refer to the illustration above. The relationship 15. Which of the following correctly describes a
shown in diagram 2 is mutualistic relationship?
a. commensalism. a. A relationship in which one organism benefits
b. competition. and the other is not harmed
c. mutualism. b. A relationship in which both organisms benefit
d. parasitism. c. A relationship in which neither organism
benefits
13. Refer to the illustration above. The relationship d. A relationship in which one organism benefits
shown in diagram 3 is and the other is harmed
a. commensalism.
b. competition.
c. mutualism.
d. parasitism.

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Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the

leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the
plants.
a. Predation
b. Parasitism
c. Commensalism
d. Mutualism

Essay

1. Albatrosses are birds that can live to age 60 and
older. They usually do not start breeding until they
reach age 8 or 9, which is relatively late compared
to other bird species. Based on this information,
explain conditions that might be a risk to the
survival of albatrosses.
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2. .A researcher has been tracking a population of
turtles. The researcher marked 200 young turtles
just after hatching. A year later, collection data
reveal that about 80% survived. A year after that,
collection data revealed that about 60% of the
original group was still living. After a third year,
about 40% could be found alive. What do these
data say about the survivorship curve that would
best describe this population? Explain your
reasoning.
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3. Honey bees are pollinators. Identify the type of
symbiotic relationship that exists between honey
bees and flowering plants, and explain why your
reasoning.

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