How Do Organisms Interact

An organism that is eaten by another organism

• prey

• predator

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A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• predation

• parasitism

A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.

• commensalism

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship:

• commensalism

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

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

• commensalism

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.

• commensalism

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. What kind of relationship is this?

• commensalism

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

An organism that eats other organisms.

• predator

• prey

Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds.

• commensalism

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

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Ostriches and Gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats the other animal would not as readily see.

• commensalism

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

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