Symbiotic Relationships Exit Ticket

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

• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism

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

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

What type of relationship is this?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What type of relationship is this?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

What type of relationship is this?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship between two species is called ______________.

• Speciation

• Antagonism

• Partnership

• Symbiosis

What is commensalism?

• A close, long lasting relationship when both parties benefit

• A one-sided relationship where one of the organism benefits greatly and the other is not helped nor harmed or damaged.

• One organism benefits from the relationship at the expense of the other.

A head lice live on small amounts of blood in the scalp. The host human feels itchiness in their hair as the lice bit and move around. This is an example of what kind of symbiosis?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Silverfish live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey.  They neither help nor harm the ants. 

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism