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Chapter 8 Lesson 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A bird makes a nest in a tree.  The bird gets a house, but the tree is unharmed.
a)
Commensalism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Parasitism
2.

Birds eat the ticks off of a rhino's back in the Savannah

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Predation

3.

What does symbiosis mean?

a)

Living separately, no relationship between 2 species

b)

Living together, close relationship between 2 species

c)

Living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species

d)

When one species kills and eats another

4.

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits, and the other is neither benefited or harmed

a)

Mutualism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitsm

d)

Commensalism

5.

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit

a)

Mutualism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitsm

d)

Commensalism

6.

A relationship between 2 organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

a)

commensalism

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

predation

7.

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. The barnacles eat the plankton that the whale swims past in the ocean. What kind of relationship is this?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

8.

Gall Insects lays their eggs in the leaves or branches of Oak trees. Oak trees provide shelter and food to the insect larvae.

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

d)

predation

9.

A tapeworm attaches to the inside of the intestines of a dog. The tapeworm gets food by eating the dog's partly digested food. The dog loses nutrients. Which symbiosis is this?

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

d)

predation

10.
What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
11.
When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.
a)
host, hostess
b)
parasite, host
c)
host, parasite
d)
prey, predator
12.

Fungus and lichens live together. The fungus gets food from the algae while the algae gets a place to live. This is an example of___________________?

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

predation

d)

competition

13.

An bee gets nectar from flowers. They get pollen on them and transfer it to other flowers to help grow more plants. This is an example of ________________________?

a)

Predation

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

14.

The shrimp digs to burrow itself and the goby fish. In case of danger, the goby touches the shrimp to warn it. This is an example of _________________________?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Predation

c)

Commensalism

d)

None of the above

15.

Heartworms in a dog cause the heart to work harder. Eventually, the heart may fail. This is an example of ____________________?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Predation

c)

Parisitism

d)

None of these