Symbiosis

Fleas feed on blood from dogs. There is no benefit to the dog and the itching and bites might lead to infection

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Competition

• Mutualism

Algae provides food for fungus, which in turn provides a suitable living environment for algae.

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Competition

• Mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Tapeworms live in the small intestines where it feeds and grows, robbing the human of essential nutrients.

• Parasitism'

• Predation

• Competition

• Mutualism'

The cattle egret follows herds of cattle and eats the insects that the cattle stir up as they move through the grassland. The cattle appear to be unaffected by the egrets.

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Mutualism

• commensalism

The Remora fish swim alongside the shark and take scraps of food that the shark drops during feeding. The shark does not eat the Remora and appears unaffected by its presence.

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Competition

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The bacteria in the gut of termites breakdown and feed on some of the cellulose taken in by the termite. The termite would be unable to digest cellulose without these bacteria and they gain an additional source of nutrition from the surplus digested cellulose.

• predation

• competition,

• mutualism

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Small relatives of the jellyfish called hydroids, travel to their feeding grounds by sharing snail shells with hermit crabs. The crabs are unaffected because the hydroids and the crabs eat different foods

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Coyotes chasing rabbits

• Competition

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Mistletoe lives on and feeds off of a tree. The tree is harmed, but not immediately.

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A mosquito feeding off of a human.

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism