Symbiosis Test Review

Any relationship between 2 organisms where one is affected

• Symbiosis

• mutual

• parasitic

• Predation

This type of symbiotic relationship occurs when one species benefits at the expense of another(the other is harmed but not killed).

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

This type of relationship occurs when one organism kills another for food.

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Mutualism

This type of symbiotic relationship occurs when both species benefit.

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Predation

This type of symbiotic relationship occurs when one species benefits and the other is neutral(unaffected)

• Competition

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

This type of relationship occurs when two organisms fight for the same resources(food, shelter, water, or even the same mate)

• Predation

• Competition

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• neutralism
• parasitism

Vines grow on a tree. The vines get light but the tree is not affected. What kind of relationship is this?

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

When a honeybee pollinates flowers, the bee gets access to nectar, while the flowers gain the chance to reproduce. This is an example of:

• Amensalism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

12A: Leaf-cutter ants harvest leaves and carry them to fungi that convert plant material into a usable form for the ants to digest. The fungi depend on the leaves for nutrients. The ants also produce an antibiotic on their bodies that helps protect the fungi from harmful bacteria. Which of these explains the relationship between the leaf-cutter ants and the fungi?

• Predation, because the ants feed on the fungi

• Mutualism, because both the ants and the fungi benefit from each other

• Competition, because both organisms consume the same resource for energy

• Commensalism, because the ants receive energy from the fungi and the fungi are unaffected