Distance Learning 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

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

• commensalism
• parasitism
• competition
• mutualism

A bear eats fish out of the river

• mutualism
• parasitism
• predator / prey

The black bear has a tick on it's back

• parasitism
• mutualism
• commensalism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

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.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

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism