Population Interactions

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Population Interactions: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Gause's Principle, Population Interactions, Positive Interactions, Scavenging, Commensalism, Protocooperation, Mutualism, Negative Interactions, Parasitism, Predation, Competition among Species, etc.

Important Questions on Population Interactions

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When an animals changes its body colour or body form and looks like another living organism, the phenomenon is called:

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In brood parasitism:

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The egrets always forage close to where the cattle are grazing. The interaction between them can be called:

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Which of the following interactions play a key role in keeping an eye on the number of the population?

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Obligate parasites live on

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Territoriality occurs as a result of

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The symbiotic relationship of algae and fungus is found in

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Animals have the innate ability to escape from predation. Examples for the same are given below. Select the incorrect example. 

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The function of aposematic colouration is to

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The interaction between "Cuckoo and Crow" is an example for

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Which of the following is not a parasitic adaptation in parasitic oragnisms?

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Wasp laying eggs in the fig fruit represents which population interaction?

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Name the population interaction that exists between Sea-anemone and clown fish.

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Wasp laying eggs in fig flower is an example of

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The population interactions that exist between Abingdon tortoise and goats in Galapagos islands is

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The two types of relationship between organisms under the category of symbiosis is ________.

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Match the following

  List - I   List - II
a Ectoparasite i Ascaris
b Hyperparasite ii Entamoeba
c Coelozoic parasite iii Leishmania
d Histozoic parasite iv Nosema
    v Head lice
The correct answer is

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Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos islands became extinct within a decade after goats were introduced. It is an example of

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The statement which says that the two closely related species competing for the same resource cannot coexist indefinitely is called

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The plant- animal interaction often involve co-evolution of the mutualists so that