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Symbiosis

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is symbiosis?

a)

The act of 2 different organisms living together

b)

The act of 2 different organisms living apart

c)

Acting

d)

Being the same

2.

Which one of these is NOT a kind of symbiosis?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Sharingism

d)

Mutualism

3.

Mutualism is a type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is commensalism?

a)

One organism is harmed but other one benefits

b)

One organism is unaffected but the other benefits

c)

Both organisms are harmed

5.

What is parasitism?

a)

One organism is harmed but the other one benefits

b)

One organism benefits but the other is unaffected

c)

Both organisms are unaffected

6.

Predation is where one organism is going to eat the prey.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

If 2 soccer teams are going after 1 ball, what kind of symbiosis would this be an example of?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Competition

8.

The anemone fish live in the anemone. The anemone protects the fish and the fish drops food scraps that the anemone can eat. What kind of symbiosis is this?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Predation

d)

Competition

9.

A bear waits at the top of a river to eat salmon. What type of symbiosis is this?

a)

Community

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Predation

10.

A remora attaches itself to a shark. It eats what the shark catches and goes where the shark swims. The shark doesn't get anything. What type of symbiosis is this?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Population

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mututalism

11.

You get lice. They live on your head and drink blood while you itch and can infest others. What type of symbiosis is this?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Species

d)

Competition

12.

A cheetah and lion are trying to catch a zebra. They are BOTH trying to catch a zebra to eat. What kind of symbiosis is this?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Competition

d)

Commensalism

13.

A bird makes a nest in a tree. The bird gets a house, but the tree is unharmed. What type of symbiosis is this?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Parasitism

14.

A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of a ______. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar.

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Mututalism

15.

Hookworms enter the human body by burrowing into the skin of the feet. They go to the small intestine where they attach to the walls and begin to drink the person's blood and weaken them. What type of symbiosis is this?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

16.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
17.

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. What type of symbiosis is this?

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

mutualism

18.

Mistletoe takes water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed.

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

mutualism

19.
 A flea feeds on a mouse’s blood and harms the mouse.
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
20.

Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. The snails are unaffected.

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

mutualism