Monday 1/17 Lesson

Symbiosis

Open Ended

What kind of relationships can you think of? (Ex: clownfish and sea anemone)

​Symbiotic Relationships: are specific types of

relationships where different species live together.

​Mutualism: Both organisms benefit. Both

organisms will help each other out.

Open Ended

How is this relationship mutualistic? (Hummingbird and flower)

​Commensalism: One organism will benefit while

the other remains unaffected

Open Ended

What other examples can you think of commensalism?

​Parasitism: One organism will benefit while

harming another organism.

Poll

Which of these is an example of parasitism?

• A lion hunts a zebra

• A bee collects nectar from the flower and serves as a pollinator for the flower

• A tick sucks the blood off from mammals such as deer and dogs

• A remora fish swimming beside a shark

Open Ended

What is symbiosis?

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

A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a cat absorbing nutrients through its skin. A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• competition

Multiple Choice

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

Multiple Choice

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

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

Multiple Choice

A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of a ______. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar.

• commensalistic relationship

• parasitic relationship

• mutualistic relationship

Multiple Choice

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

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation