WorksheetsSymbiotic Relationships
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Ticks feed on deer blood to the deer’s detriment.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
The stork uses its saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result, the dead animals carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they each can identify threats the other animal would not as readily see.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler’s nest. The cuckoo’s young will displace the warbler’s young and will be raised by the warbler.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Silverfish live in the army ant nests. They scavenge leftovers.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
