Symbiosis

This image shows a moray eel and a small fish in a symbiotic relationship. The moray eel gets a clean mouth while the cleaner fish gets a meal. What symbiotic relationship is this?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

What symbiotic relationship is described in the text where a clownfish lives among the tentacles of a bulb-tentacle sea anemone, and they both benefit from each other?

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

This tiny emperor shrimp is riding along on the back of a sea cucumber (a long worm-like starfish relative) while it crawls along a sandy bottom. The shrimp gets to travel around under the protection of its much larger partner, and the sea cucumber doesn't seem to mind. What symbiotic relationship is this?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

The remora attaches itself to the shark, conserving energy as it doesn't need to swim and feeds on the remains from the shark's kills, while the shark does not benefit from this arrangement. What symbiotic relationship does this scenario describe?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

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

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-2