Symbiosis

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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Which symbols best describe parasitism?

• +,+
• +,-
• +,0
• -,0

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Birds eat the flies off of a rhino's back in the savannah

• commensalism
• Mutualism
• parasitism

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True or false: symbiosis is interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association

• True
• False

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What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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NGSS.3-LS2-1

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

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

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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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Organisms that “fight” for limited resources such as food, water or mates. It can be between organisms from different species or between organisms of the same species.

• Predator-Prey

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

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Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. The oxpeckers get a meal and the rhinoceros is helped by the removal of the ticks.

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

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