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Graded homework

Species interactions
In the space provided, write the letter of the description that best matches the term
or phrase.

______ 1. Mimicry a. an adaptation to paralyze a prey.

b. a relationship in which both participating
______ 2. predation species benefit
______ 3. parasitism c. two or more species living together in a close,
long-term relationship
______ 4. venom d. one organism feeds on and usually lives on or
______ 5. symbiosis in another larger organism
e. a relationship in which one species benefits
______ 6. mutualism and the other is neither harmed nor helped
f. the act of one organism feeding on another
______ 7. commensalism
g. an octopus hides in a shell

Complete each statement by writing the correct term or phrase in the space
provided.

1.producing chemicals like ___________________and._____________________

are plants adaptation to keep predators away.
2. Heat-sensitive pits of rattlesnakes is a predator adaptation to
_______________________.
3. colored rings of a coral snake is an example of ______________________.
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Modern Biology 39 Community Ecology