Symbiosis Quiz

Giardia lamblia is a microbe that can infect animals when they drink unclean water. The species lives inside the animals' intestines and takes nutrients. The animal is ill during the infection. What type of relationship is this?

• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism
• competition
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Barnacles live on blue whales. Whales carry barnacles to nutrient-filled parts of the ocean so they can eat. Barnacles do not help or harm the whales. What type of relationship is this?

• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism
• predator-prey
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Oxpeckers eat insects on the back of hippos. They eat insects and other organisms that could make the hippo ill, such as ticks. What type of community interaction occurs between oxpeckers and hippos?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• intraspecific competition
• predator-prey interaction
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In a mutually beneficial interaction,

• both organisms are harmed.
• one organism is harmed while the other benefits.
• both organisms benefit.
• one organism benefits while the other experiences no impact.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Only the Morgani moth can pollinate Darwin's orchid. The moth's mouth parts are at the end of a 0.3 m tube while the orchid's nectar is at the bottom of a 0.3 m tube. When the moth gets nectar from the orchid it pollinates the plant. This is an example of:

• obligate mutualism
• parasitism
• predator-prey
• competition
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