Symbiosis and other interactions

Hawks and owls eat the same thing. That relationship is called ___________.

• adaptation
• competition
• parasitism
• mutualism

Some plants can be parasites.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When one organism is helped and has no effect on the other, the relationship is called __________.

• competition
• commensalism
• mutualism
• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A scientist who studies ecosystems is called a(n) ____.

• oncologist
• zoologist
• ecologist
• geneticist

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The relationship between a clown fish and a sea anemone is ______.

• predatory
• parasitic
• mutualistic
• commensalistic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The direction of the arrows in a food web show _______.

• parasitic relationships
• symbiosis
• energy flow
• predator and prey

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a cat absorbing nutrients through its skin. A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• 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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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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