General Ecology Chapter 12

Question 1

Which of the following is not a mutualism?

Answer 1

The association between tapeworms and pigs

Question 2

Fruits taken by birds tend to:

Answer 2

Have bright colors

Question 3

The colonization hypothesis suggests seed dispersal is important?

Answer 3

Because the parental location is not always a good site for seeds

Question 4

The mutualism of fungi that live in leaves and grasses can be classified as:

Answer 4

Defensive mutualism

Question 5

When one species cannot live without the other, we use the term:

Answer 5

Obligate mutualism

Question 6

Which is the odd species out in the list below:

Answer 6

Symbiodinium

Question 7

Lichens are combinations of:

Answer 7

Algae and fungae

Question 8

Commensal relationship can be represented by which of the following costs/benefits for the species involved?

Answer 8

+/0

Question 9

Which of the following relationships is not a type of commensalism?

Answer 9

Parasitism

Question 10

Phoresy involves:

Answer 10

One species using a second species for transport