Ecological Relationships & Succession

In this relationship, both organisms are benefiting from their interaction. (a)  

• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

In this relationship, one organism hunts, kills, and eats the other organism. (a)  

• Predation
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In this relationship, one organism benefits and the other doesn't get anything. (a)  

• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism
• Predation

In this relationship, one organism benefits, and the other is harmed in an interaction. (a)  

• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Predation

Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower. (a)  

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants. (a)  

• Parasitism
• Predation
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks. (a)  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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

• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism
• predation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A lion and a pack of hyenas are fighting for food that the lion killed. (a)  

• Competition
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Predation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What best describes the term succession?

• rapid changes that create an ecosystem overnight

• gradual changes over time to fully create or restore and ecosystem

• forest with the tallest trees

• the rate species produce offspring