Mini Symbiotic Relationships Quiz

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

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Oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on rhino. The rhino gets rid of parasites and the oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of _______.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• neutralism

• competition

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

• Mutualsim 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

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Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs  in the flowers where  the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds. Both species benefit.  

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

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Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?

• Ticks feeding on a dog
• Bees transporting pollen from flowers
• Pilotfish swimming under sharks
• Birds eating the insects fromo the back of hippo

Maria and her classmates are observing animals at the pond. They notice that wood storks and ibisies both feed on fish. Which of these describes the relationship between these two birds.

• Parasitism
• Competition
• Predator and prey
• Producer and consumer

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An organism that kills and eats another for food

• Predator
• Prey
• Parasite
• Plant

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An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Predator
• Prey
• Parasite
• Host

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A close long term association between 2 or more species

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Symbiosis
• Parasitism

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Which symbols best describe mutualism?

• :) :)

• :) :(

• :) : I

• :) : x

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