Symbiotic Relationships

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• neutralism
• parasitism

Cattle egrets are birds that forage in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to food and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on an impala. The impala gets rid of parasites and the red-billed oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

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

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitsm

• Commensalism

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.

• Mutualsim 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm). 

• Mutualsim 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring.

• biotic factor

• herbivore

• ecosystem

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a relationship that occurs when two or more organims of the same species need the same resource at the same time

• competition
• symbiosis
• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A cuckoo and a warbler are both birds. A cuckoo will find the nest of warbler instead of building her own, and she harms the warbler by knocking a warbler egg out of nest and laying her own. When the warbler mother returns, she isn’t aware of the switch. The warbler will then raise the baby cuckoo bird instead of her own baby. Which term best describes this relationship?

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

Ostriches and gazelles are two animals that live in Africa. They graze for food near each other because they help each other spot predators. The gazelle has excellent eyesight, but poor hearing, and the ostrich has excellent hearing, but poor eyesight. These two animals will alert one another when danger is near. Which term best describes this relationship?

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2