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Symbiotic relationships

Biology

6th Grade

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Symbiotic relationships
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Barnacle/Whale
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. As the barnacle is a filter feeder, it also gets access to more water (and more food) due to the relationship. Whale is unaffected.

parasitic
commensalistic
mutualistic

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

cuckoo/Warbler
A cuckoo lays its eggs in the nest of the warbler. The cuckoo’s eggs hatch first and the young kick the warbler eggs out of the nest. The warbler raises the cuckoo babies and the warbler babies aren’t hatched.

parasitic
commensalistic
mutualistic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Remora/Shark
Remoras attach themselves to a shark’s body. They travel with the shark and feed on the leftover food scraps after the shark has finished its meal. The shark is unaffected as it’s done eating anyway.

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ostrich/Gazelle
Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators. Because the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats that the other animal may not see as readily. Both species benefit.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mistletoe/Spruce
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the detriment (ill effect) to the spruce.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Silverfish/Army ant
Silverfish live and hunt with army ants and share the prey. They neither help nor harm the ants.

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Oxpecker/Rhinoceros
Oxpeckers (bird) feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. Both species benefit...the oxpecker gets food and the rhino gets rid of a parasite.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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