Symbiosis Quiz

Cattle Egret lives with Hippo. When Hippo moves about, Cattle Egret eats the insects disturbed by Hippo’s movement in the water. The insects are in the water.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler's nest.  The cuckoo's young will displace (or move) the warbler's young and will be raised by the warbler.  

• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Predation
• Competition

Hermit Crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails.  

• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Competition
• Parasitism

Ostriches and Gazelles feed next to each other.  They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger.  Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats the other animal would not as readily see.  

• Parasitism
• Commensalism
•  Mutualism 
• Competition.  

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree that they both need.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

A hawk flies down and eats a snake, trying to slither into the ground.

• Predation

• Competition

• Hungry

• Mutualism

What is an example of a predator–prey relationship?

• Bacteria and humans

• Fox and rabbit

• Tick and deer

• Lion and hyena

Which is an example of a symbiotic (mutualistic) relationship?

• Cow and grass

• Bird and butterfly

• Cat and mouse

• Bee and flower

Which organisms in the food web shown to the right are predators that compete for the same prey in this environment?

• Coyotes and rabbits
• White-tailed deer and rabbits
• Leafy weeds and cotton rats
• Bobcats and coyotes

Which organism in the food web shown above competes with white-tailed deer for food in this ecosystem?

• Coyotes
• Balckberries
• Cotton Rats
• Bobcats