symbiosis QUIZ 3 ESL

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

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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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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
• neutralism
• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

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

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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What type of symbiosis is this? A bird makes a nest in a tree. The bird gets a house, but the tree is unharmed.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

What type of symbiosis is this? Birds eat the flies off of a rhino's back in the Savannah.

• commensalism

• Mutualism

• parasitism

• neutralism

What type of symbiosis is this? Mockingbirds will push the eggs out of a blue bird's nest and use the nest for it's own babies.

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

• neutralism

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