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Select the correct option:
A: Competition occurs when resources, such as space, light, and nutrient, are in short supply.
B: Generally, the interspecific competition is more intense than intraspecific competition.

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Important Questions on Organisms and Populations
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1) The human liver fluke, a nematode parasite, depends on two intermediate hosts (a snail and a fish) to complete its life cycle.
2) The malarial parasite needs a vector (mosquito) to spread to other host organisms.
3) In case of brood parasitism, the eggs of parasitic birds (e.g., cuckoo) are not detected and removed from the nest because the parasite's eggs resemble the host's eggs in morphology and colour.
4) A population of frogs protected from all predators would decrease indefinitely.

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Given the graphs below, the interaction between species and can be classified as

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Assertion (A): The Monarch butterfly feeds on poisonous weeds during its caterpillar stage.
Reason (R): It helps butterfly to become distasteful to the predator.

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If resources are limited
If two species occupy different niches
If resource partitioning takes place between two species
If two species occupy identical niche

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Column-I | Column-II | ||
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Saprophyte | Symbiotic association of fungi with plant roots | ||
Parasite | Decomposition of dead organic materials | ||
Lichens | Living on living plants | ||
Mycorrhiza | Symbiotic association of algae and fungi |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Match column-I with column-II and select the correct option.
Column-I | Column-II | ||
a) | Commensalism | i) | Lichen |
b) | Mutualism | ii) | Plasmodium |
c) | Parasitism | iii) | Hawk |
d) | Predation | iv) | Orchid |

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Relate Column I with Column II with regard to predatory behaviour
Column-I | Column-I | ||
Calotropis | p. | Invertebrates | |
Pisaster | q. | Distasteful | |
Monarch butterfly | r. | Cryptically coloured | |
Frogs | s. | Cardioglycoside |

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Study the following table and pick up the correct combinations.
S.No. | Interaction | Species A | Species B |
I) | Mutualism | ||
II) | Competition | ||
III) | Predation | ||
IV) | Parasitism | ||
V) | Commensalism | ||
VI) | Amensalism |

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