Module B - Relationships, Food Webs & Ecosystem Stability

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected...

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What do these symbols describe?

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which type of symbiotic relationship is described: Cowbirds fly around cows and eat the insects the cows stir up as they walk. The cows are unaffected.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What do these symbols describe?

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

What kind of relationship - an eagle swoops down and grabs a fish to eat from a lake

• parasitism

• predation

• competition

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What do these symbols describe?

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What kind of relationship - plants grow in a crowded space struggling to get sunlight, food and water.

• parasitism

• predation

• competition

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A science class is planning a field trip to a local farm that has a large pond. Which of the following lists the order of biological organization from smallest to largest that the students can expect to find at the pond?

• Organism, community, population, ecosystem

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem

• Population, organism, community, ecosystem

• Population, organism, ecosystem, community