Symbiosis

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. In this relationship, the whales are neither harmed nor benefited. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

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Egrets feed in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to the insects that are stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle do not care if the egrets are there or not. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

Remoras attach themselves to the bodies of sharks. They then travel with the shark and feed on the leftover scraps from the sharks' meals. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler's nest. The cuckoo's young will displace the warbler's young and end up being raised by the warbler. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

Spider crabs live on the shallow ocean floor. Algae lives on the crabs. The algae helps the crabs blend in and the algae gets a good place to live. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A tapeworm lives in the intestines of its host. Which example best describes the relationship between the tapeworm and its host?

• The tapeworm benefits from its host; however, the host is not affected.

• The tapeworm does not benefit from its host, but the host does benefit.

• The tapeworm benefits from its host, and the host is negatively affected.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators. Because the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats that the other animal may not see as readily. Both species benefit. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the detriment of the spruce. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of a ______. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar.

• commensalism relationship

• parasitic relationship

• mutualism relationship

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Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and eat the honey first. Then the honey guide birds eat what is left. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

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