Amazing Symbiosis: Ant Army Defends Tree | National Geographic

What kind of special relationship do the acacia tree and the acacia ant have?

• They are enemies and fight each other.

• They help each other to live and grow.

• The ant eats the tree.

• The tree eats the ant.

How do acacia ants protect their tree from other plants that try to grow on it?

• They spray water on the other plants.

• They sing songs to scare them away.

• They chop the stems of the other plants.

• They build a wall around the tree.

What sweet food does the acacia tree make for the adult ants to eat?

• Honey

• Nectar

• Sugar cubes

• Fruit

Where do young acacia ants (larvae) live and what do they eat?

• They live in the ground and eat leaves.

• They live in hollow thorns and eat special nutrient pods.

• They live in flowers and eat pollen.

• They live on branches and eat bark.