Symbiosis Relationship

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit:

• Competition.

• Mutualism.

• Commensalism.

• Parasitism.

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A feeder fish usually follows behind sharks to pick up food scraps that they leave behind. The fish gets food and the shark is unaffected. This is an example of:

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Decomposition

This is known as a relationship in which both organisms involved benefit. 

• Predator-Prey

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Decomposition

A clownfish uses a sea anenome as a safe place to live. While living there, the clownfish lures in food for the anenome. This is an example of what type of relationship?

• Predator-Prey

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

Pseudoscorpions often hitch rides on the backs of large beetles or true bugs. What is the ecological relationship?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

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Barnacles sometimes live on the outside surface of other larger shelled organisms without causing any harm. What is the ecological relationship?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predator-Prey

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Ants protect soft bodied aphids and in return the aphids feed the ants a sugary drink. What is the ecological relationship?

• Cooperation

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

Lichens in a forest ecosystem are made up of fungi and algae living together. The fungi benefit from food produced by the algae. The algae benefit from nutrients and water absorbed by the fungi. Which of the following relationships in different ecosystems is most similar to the interaction of the fungi and algae?

• mutualism between fungi and ants

• parasitism between fungi and humans

• commensalism between birds and trees

• competition between algae and aquatic plants

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Hummingbirds share a mutualistic relationship with the flowers they feed on. Which of these statements about the symbiotic relationship between the flower and the hummingbird is true?

• Both the flower and the hummingbird are helped.

• Both the flower and the hummingbird are harmed.

• The flower is harmed, and the hummingbird is helped.

• The flower is helped, and the hummingbird is harmed.

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Which of these statements shows that hermit crabs and anemones have a relationship of mutualism?

• Hermit crabs and anemones live in the same ecosystem and can eat similar organisms.

• Anemones can move on their own by using their tentacles and pedal disk. The pedal disk is on the side of the anemone that is opposite its mouth.

• Anemones cannot move very quickly, but they can sting predators. When an anemone is riding on a hermit crab’s back, the anemone protects the crab from predators

• When hermit crabs grow too big for a shell, they leave it behind and move to a larger shell. If an anemone has attached itself to the old shell, the hermit crab will move the anemone to its new shell.

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