Symbiosis

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

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NGSS.3-LS2-1

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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NGSS.3-LS2-1

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

• Predation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Barnacles create a home by attaching themselves to the skin of a whale. The barnacle is a filter feeder and obtains food as it rides on the whale. The whale is not affected.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Not Symbiosis

Cheetahs have excellent camouflage abilities, and strong muscles to run very fast enabling them to catch a gazelle. Which symbiosis is this?

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commesalism

• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

There are no more of a species left.  The species is gone forever!

• Extinct
• Rare
• Unusual

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1