Symbiotic Relationships

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

• predation

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

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

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala. This is an example of _______.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the ____________.

• parasite, host

• host, parasite

• prey, predator

• predator, prey

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

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predation

What type of symbiosis is this?
*Hermit crabs find shells left by snails that have died and move in.
*  Snails die and leave behind their shells.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• predation

• parasitism

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

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed. 

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism