HHMI Biointeractive Bobtail Squid Symbiosis

The Bobtail Squid lives in an ocean habitat near what U.S. territory?

• Alaska

• Florida

• Hawaii

• New Jersey

Ed Yong is "quite taken" by the beauty of the Bobtail Squid. What do you think?

• I think the Bobtail Squid is nothing special

• I think the Bobtail Squid is ok - kinda cool looking

• I think the Bobtail Squid is pretty special!

• I think the Bobtail Squid might be the coolest organism I've ever seen!

The Bobtail Squid has a range of strategies to hide from predators including which of these?

• stinging its predators

• hiding in the sand

• squirting ink to distract its predators

• changing color to hide from predators

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Why does the bobtail squid have to leave its hiding spot at night?

• It has to go to work.

• It has to take care of its offspring

• It has to get away from predators that find it.

• It has to hunt for food.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The bobtail squid can disappear by glowing. What is this special characteristic called?

• Niche

• Adaptation

• Habitat

• Density-dependent Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

This glowing characteristic helps the bobtail squid

• survive from predator attack

• get food

• find its children

• scare the other bobtail squids away

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The bobtail squid gets its light from

• the local underwater corner store

• it is born with a light organ that works

• another organism attaches to the outside and lights up

• another organism that has a light lives inside the bobtail squid

Does the Vibrio fischerii bacteria benefit from this relationship?

• Yes

• No

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of symbiotic relationship exists when both organisms benefit?

• commensalism

• predation

• parasitism

• mutualism

Symbiosis (sym- -biosis) means

• to play Sims together

• to light up together

• to benefit each other

• to live together