Ecological Relationships Worksheet
Explore the fascinating world of ecological relationships, including predation, competition, symbiosis, and their impact on ecosystems.
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Ecological Relationships
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
1. What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Competition
2. Which of the following is an example of a producer?
Lion
Grass
Rabbit
Fungus
3. A food web shows only one path of energy flow in an ecosystem.
True
False
4. Commensalism is a relationship where both organisms benefit.
True
False
5. An organism that eats other organisms for energy is called a .
6. The relationship between a clownfish and a sea anemone, where both benefit, is an example of .
7. Observe the food web below. Identify one producer, one primary consumer, and one secondary consumer.
Producer:
Primary Consumer:
Secondary Consumer:
Match each ecological relationship with its definition.
8. Mutualism
a. One organism benefits, the other is harmed.
9. Predation
b. Both organisms benefit.
10. Competition
c. One organism hunts and kills another for food.
11. Commensalism
d. Organisms struggle for the same limited resources.
12. Describe how a change in the population of one organism in a food web can affect other organisms in the same food web. Provide a specific example.