Symbiosis and Competition

The Gobi fish and shrimp live closely together. The nearly blind shrimp keeps a burrow for it and the Gobi fish to live. The Gobi warns the shrimp of predators. The shrimp lets the fish live in the burrow. This is an example of

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit is called...

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

Two male deer fight over a female. This is an example of

• Symbiosis

• competition

• predation

A type of symbiosis in which one species benefits and the other is not affected is...

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

A type of symbiosis in which one species benefits and the other is harmed or killed...

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

_______ occurs when two organisms are trying to acquire or get the same resources.

• Symbiosis

• Competition

• Predation

• Collaboration

Remora are small fish with a sucker-like organ that allows them to attach themselves to larger animals like a shark.  By doing this, the remora is able to gain protection from the presence of the shark while helping the shark stay clear from parasites.  This relationship shows _?

• parasitism

• mutualism       

• commensalism

• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales.  The whale is unaffected.  

• commensalism

• mutualism

• predation

• laziness

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

When two different species compete for resources, it is ____________ competition.

• interspecific

• habitat

• symbiosis

• intraspecies

Which of the following is an example of mutualism?

• A bee pollinating a flower

• A lion hunting a zebra

• A barnacle attaching to a whale

• A fungus infecting a tree