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1. Mites can live in the trachea of a bee. These mites obtain nutrients from bee tissue. Beekeepers worry when mite populations reach numbers that have the potential to destroy the entire bee colony. The relationship between bees and mites is
a) interspecific competition
b) commensalism
c) parasitism
d) intraspecific competition

2. If the grizzly bear population is 0.4 bears / 200km^2, calculate the grizzly bear population in an area of 5000 km^2. Record number as an whole. ________________ grizzly bears

3. The moose population of a study area at the beginning of the year was 500. If there were 35 births and 5 deaths throughout the year, what was the per capita growth rate for the moose population during the year?
a) 30
b) 0.06
c) 0.03
d) 6

4. Some whales have barnacles living on their backs. As the whales move through the ocean, the barnacles are exposed to new sources of their food, plankton. Whales are unaffected by the presence of the barnacles. The relationship between the barnacles and the whales is
a) predation
b) parasitism
c) mutualism
d) commensalism