Symbiotic Relationships

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

• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment.

• commensalism
• parasitisim
• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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.

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. This neither harms nor benefits the snails.

• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

As buffalos walk through grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by cowbirds. This neither harms nor benefits the buffalo.

• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A flea feeds on a mouse's blood to the mouse's harm.

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body. Both species benefit.

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

Ticks feed on deer blood to the deer's detriment.

• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Honey guide birds alerts and directs badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then the honey guide bird eats. Both species benefit.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitim

Tags

NGSS.3-LS2-1

Types of orchids grow high on the branches of the tall kapok trees of the jungle. This adaptation allows the orchid to get to the light. The tree is not harmed.

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2