Choose the symbiotic relationships.

Some microorganisms live inside a termite's digestive system and digest the wood that a termite eats.

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A tick feeds on the blood of a cat.

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A strangler vine grows around a tree and eventually kills the tree.

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A cleaner shrimp feeds on the decaying food particles inside a fish's mouth.

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Leafcutter ants provide a fungus with food (the leaves) and then eat the fungus.

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A seed sticks to an animal's fur but eventually falls off the animal.

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A wasp lays its eggs inside a caterpillar. When the eggs hatch, the new wasps feed on the caterpillars.

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Which symbiotic relationship is MUTUALISTIC?

• A tick feeds on a cat's blood.

• A cleaner shrimp feeds on the decaying food particles insider the fish's mouth.

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Which symbiotic relationship is PARASITIC?

• A tick feeds on a cat's blood.

• A seed sticks to a cat's fur but eventually falls off.

Which symbiotic relationship is COMMENSALISM?

• A mosquito feeds on a dog's blood.

• A seed sticks to a cat's fur but eventually falls off.