Biological Interactions

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

• mutualism

• competition

• predation

• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which is NOT an abiotic factor:

• soil
• air
• bacteria
• water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

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

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

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Naturalism

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

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

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 bear eats fish out of the river

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

• intraspecific competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A squirrel hides his acorns from the chipmunks for the winter.

• commensalism
• parasitism
• competition
• mutualism