Interactions in an Ecosystem

Interactions in an Ecosystem

6th - 8th Grade

20 Qs

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Interactions in an Ecosystem

Interactions in an Ecosystem

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-1

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jocelyn Griffith

Used 158+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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. 
parasitism
commensalism
mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
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. 
parasitism
commensalism
mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Remoras attach themselves to a shark’s body. They then travel with the shark and feed on the leftover food scraps from the shark’s meals. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the shark. 
parasitism
commensalism
mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. The oxpeckers get a meal and the rhinoceros is helped by the removal of the ticks.
parasitism
commensalism
mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed. 
parasitism
commensalism
mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 The stork uses it saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result, the dead animal carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the stork.
parasitism
commensalism
mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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