SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

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A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a relationship that occurs when two or more organims of the same species need the same resource at the same time

• competition
• symbiosis
• predation

The close relationship between two different species in an ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Parasitism is when ----

when one organism benefits and the other is not effectedone benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed only one organism benefits and the other is harmedboth benefit both organisms benefit from the relationship

• when one organism benefits and the other is not effectedone benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed

• only one organism benefits and the other is harmed

• both benefit both organisms benefit from the relationship

Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?

• Bees transporting pollen from flowers

• Pilot fish swimming under sharks

• Tapeworm in an intestinal tract

• Birds eating the insects from the back of a hippopotamus