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WorksheetsSymbiosis
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
2.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
3.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
4.
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
5.
What type of symbiosis? Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
6.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
7.
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
8.
Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.
a)
Predation
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mutualism
9.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala. This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
10.
Which symbols best describe parasitism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
11.
What type of symbiosis?
* Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.
* Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
* Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.
* Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
12.
a)
Parasitism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Predation
13.
a)
Parasitism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Predation
14.
a)
Parasitism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Predation
15.
A squirrel hides his acorns from the chipmunks for the winter.
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
competition
d)
mutualism
16.
Mockingbirds will push the eggs out of a blue bird's nest and use the nest for it's own babies
a)
parasitism
b)
parasitism
c)
mutualism
17.
A bear eats fish out of the river
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
predator / prey
18.
a squirrel eats the bird seed out of the bird feeder
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
parasitism
parasitism
c)
commensalism
competition
competition
d)
competition
commensalism
commensalism
19.
Coyotes and Foxes both live in Maryland and both eat rabbits and mice
a)
Parasitism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Competition
20.
A fish will eat the left over food scraps from the shark's meal
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
d)
competition
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