Mutualism in Action

Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?

• Ticks feeding on a dog
• Bees transporting pollen from flowers
• Pilotfish swimming under sharks
• Birds eating the insects fromo the back of hippo

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of these describes a mutually beneficial relationship between two organisms?

• A dog with worms in its intestine
• A turtle and a snail that both eat grass live in a river
• A honeybee pollinating a plant and receiving nectar for food
• A small fish attached to a shark, eating tiny pieces of the shark's food as it floats

An organism that kills and eats another for food

• Predator
• Prey
• Parasite
• Plant

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Occurs when 2 or more organism use the same resource

• Competition
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Relationship where both organism benefit

• Competition
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• Mutualsim 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales.  The whale is unaffected.  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• predation
• laziness

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Predation
• 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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