OL Symbiosis Review #2

A classic example of a symbiotic relationship is the plover bird and the African crocodile. The tiny blackbird plover acts as a toothpick for the fierce crocodile and helps by removing tiny morsels of food that are stuck between the crocodile's teeth. These food particles are the source of food for the bird. Which type of symbiosis is described?

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• competition

Two members of the same species fight over who gets a certain food. Members of different species try to take over a certain nesting area. These are both examples of

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Which of the following is a symbiotic relationship where one partner benefits and the other is harmed?

• A. Commensalism

• B. Mutualism

• C. Symboism

• D. Parasitism

A local gardener found small green aphids sucking the juices from a clover bush. This causes the clover bush to lose nutrients. What type of ecological relationship exists between the aphids and the clover bush?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predation

An example of a symbiotic relationship is found between the clown fish and the sea anemone. The sea anemone provides protection for the fish and the fish provides food for the sea anemone. What category best describes this relationship?

• Mutualism

• Commensalisms

• Parasitisms

• Predator/prey

Bees use a flower’s nectar for food, and they carry a flower’s pollen to other flowers allowing flowers to reproduce. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

• A. Commensalism

• B. Mutualism

• C. Parasitism

• D. Symbiotic

A community and its abiotic environment

• community

• population

• ecosystem

• biome

In what symbiotic relationship does one living thing benefit while the other is not affected?

• mutualism

• camouflage

• ecosystem

• commensalism

An interaction in which one organism kills for food

• competition

• commensalism

• predation

• niche

Oxpeckers (bird) feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. Both species benefit. This is called ______.

• competition

• comensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism