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Interaction of Organism Worksheet
Interaction of Organism Worksheet
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6. Do the organisms shown in the diagram share the same habitat? Explain your answer. _____________
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7. Suppose a disease caused many of the producers shown in the diagram to die out. What effect
would this have on the tertiary consumer population? Explain your answer. ______________________
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Multiple Choice Write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement in the spaces provided.
__________ 3. A rabbit is a
a. consumer. b. decomposer. c. producer. d. scavenger.
__________ 4. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are cycled through the environment by the processes of
respiration and
a. photosynthesis. b. carbon dioxide. c. evaporation. d. the water cycle.
__________ 5. A way of showing how the energy from food moves through populations of organisms
in a community is
a. an energy pyramid. b. a food chain. c. a food diagram. d. a food pyramid.
__________ 9. Organisms that break down the wastes or remains of other organisms are
a. decomposers. b. scavengers. c. producers. d. consumers.
__________ 10. A way of showing how energy moves through a food chain is
a. symbiosis. b. predation. c. an energy pyramid. d. a food web.
__________ 12. A relationship in which an organism kills and eats another organism is
a. commensalism. b. prey. c. predation. d. competition.
__________ 13. A close relationship between two organisms from different species that may help or
harm them is called
a. mutualism. b. symbiosis. c. commensalism. d. predation.
__________ 14. A relationship between two different kinds of organisms that benefits both of them is
a. parasitism. b. commensalism. c. symbiosis. d. mutualism.
__________ 16. A trait of a living thing that helps it survive in its environment is
a. condensation. b. an adaptation. c. a behavior. d. a cactus.
__________ 17. An adaptation in which an organism looks like its environment is called
a. warning coloration. b. mimicry. c. camouflage. d. protective covering.
__________ 18. An adaptation in which an organism looks like another organism is called
a. mimicry. b. camouflage. c. warning coloration. d. protective covering.
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22. INFER: Are animals that are omnivores primary producers, secondary consumers, or tertiary
consumers? Explain your answer. ____________________________________________________________
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