Symbiotic Recap

Symbiotic Recap

Carefully read the slide and then answer the questions.

Multiple Choice

A relationship between two organisms of different species where neither is harmed is called

• competition

• symbiosis

• limiting factors

• dynamic equilibrium

Multiple Choice

Which combination of symbols is not used in symbiosis?

• +, +

• +, 0

• +, -

• -, -

Multiple Choice

Relationship where both organism benefit

• Competition
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

Which of the examples below can BEST be described as mutualism between animals?

• A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a bird and consumes the food that the bird has eaten
• Mountain lions and wolves fight each other for the same deer
• A bird eats parasites off a rhinoceros while the rhinoceros provides protection to the bird
• Rats live in the garbage dump of a town and rarely interact with people

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes a mutually beneficial relationship between two organisms?

• A dog with worms in its intestine
• A turtle and a snail that both eat grass live in a river
• A honeybee pollinating a plant and receiving nectar for food
• A small fish attached to a shark, eating tiny pieces of the shark's food as it floats

Multiple Choice

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

Multiple Choice

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

Multiple Choice

Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Competition

Multiple Choice

When a tick bites you, you are the __________ and the tick is the  ____________.

• host, hostess

• parasite, host

• host, parasite

• prey, predator

Multiple Choice

Which symbols best describe parasitism?

• +,+
• +,-
• +,0
• -,0

Multiple Choice

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

Multiple Choice

An organism where one organism benefits and another is harmed

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Competition

Symbiosis Review Questions

Multiple Choice

How many types of symbiosis are there?

• 5
• 7
• 3
• If you pick this you're silly
  1000

Multiple Choice

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• neutralism
• parasitism

Multiple Choice

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

Multiple Choice

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.  What kind of relationship is this?

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

Multiple Choice

What type of symbiosis is this?
*Hermit crabs find shells left by snails that have died and move in.
*  Snails die and leave behind their shells.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Multiple Choice

A relationship in which two species live closely together and at least one organism benefits.

• resource

• competition

• succession

• symbiosis

Multiple Choice

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

Multiple Choice

What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Multiple Choice

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation