Symbiosis Interactions

When one organism is helped and has no effect on the other, the relationship is called __________.

• competition

• commensalism

• mutualism

• adaptation

The relationship between a clown fish and a sea anemone is ______.

• predatory

• parasitic

• mutualistic

• commensalistic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The interaction of organisms in an ecosystem is called ___________.

• predator-prey

• adaptation

• symbiosis

• ecology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Some plants can be parasites.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Name the relationship between mistletoe and tree.

*Mistletoe is a herb that grows on trees.

*Mistletoe uses the water & nutrients of the tree on which it lives.

(a)  

• commensalism

• predator-prey

• parasite-host

• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Clown fish live among anemones, acting as a lure for the sea anemone's prey. The clown fish get protection and shelter from the anemone. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Label the correct relationship.

a

b

c

Parasitism

Commensalism

Mutualism

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112.34.c.12.A

Match the following

• • + -

• Commensalism

• Organisms fight for the same resources

• Predation

• • + +

• Mutualism

• • + 0

• Parasitism

• One organism hunts another

• Competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The stork uses it saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result, the dead animal carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the stork.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a cat absorbing nutrients through its skin. A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• competition