Question

1) A lichen is actually composed of two organisms: a fungi and a blue-green algae. Both organisms benefit from this relationship. What would we call this relationship?

A. Mutualism
B. Parasitism
C. Predation

2) In any ecosystem, the organisms ___________ for resources, such as food, water, and space.

A. Compete
B. Fight
C. Kill

3) In the savanna, a lion would be the ____________ while the water buffalo would be the __________.

A. Predator, Prey
B. Prey, Predator
C. Parasite, Host

Answer 1

All the answers should be A

Answer 2

Answers:

Question 1 Option A Mutualism

Question 2 Option A compete

Question 3 Option A predator, prey

Step-by-step explanation:

Q 1. Mutualism is the interaction between species where both the individuals involved benefit from each other.

In a relation between fungi and blue green algae known as lichen, as bot hare benefiting from each other it is a case of mutualism.

Q 2. Since, there are limited number of resources such as food, water and space are available in the ecosystem, the organisms compete with each other for the limited resources.

Q 3. A predator prey relation is the one in which one organism (predator) kills the other organism (prey) for food.

Since, the lion kills the water buffalo , the lion is the predator and the buffalo is the prey.