Symbiosis in Ecosystems Review

A symbiotic relationship where one species obtains food or benefits from another species without benefitting or harming the other.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

A symbiotic relationship that benefits both members of two different species.

• Predator-Pray

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism (the parasite) benefits from and hurts another (the host).

Usually the parasite is getting food from the hosts body.

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Competition

A relationship where one organism (predator)

eats another organism (prey),

usually of a different species.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

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The close relationship between two different species in an ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Environment

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Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

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

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

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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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Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

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