symbiosis

Two organisms both benefit from the relationship

• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

A bird makes a nest in a tree.  The bird gets a house, but the tree is unharmed.

• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A squirrel hides his acorns from the chipmunks for the winter.

• commensalism
• parasitism
• competition
• mutualism

Birds eat the flies off of a rhino's back in the savannah

• commensalism
• Mutualism
• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.3-LS2-1

A bear eats fish out of the river

• mutualism
• parasitism
• predator / prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The black bear has a tick on it's back

• parasitism
• mutualism
• commensalism

A fish will eat the left over food scraps from the shark's meal

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• competition

Coyotes and Foxes both live in Maryland and both eat rabbits and mice

• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Competition

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2