Symbiotic, Predatory, and Competitive Relationships

This relationship is a long-term interaction between 2 different species where 1 or both benefit, are harmed, or remain unaffected.

• symbiotic

• predatory

• competitive

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

One species benefits and the other is unharmed or unaffected

• symbiosis

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

Both species benefit

• symbiosis

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

One species benefits, the other species is harmed

• symbiosis

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

Two male deer fight over territory and access to mates during the breeding season.

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Competition

• Mutualism

A clownfish and a sea anemone. They exchange nutrients, the fish receive protection, and the anemone gets cleaned.

• Parsitism

• Commensalism

• Mutalism

A wolf pack hunts and kills a deer for food.

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Head lice living on a human scalp. The lice gets a home, the human gets an itchy, irritated scalp.

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutalism

Two plants growing in close proximity compete for sunlight and nutrients in the soil.

• Commensalism

• Competition

• Mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Algae growing on the shell of a turtle, giving it camouflage.

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism