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Types of Interactions Practice

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm 
d)
Commensalism 
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm 
d)
Commensalism 
6.
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
7.

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

8.

Which of the following is an example of symbiosis?

a)

A mother bear taking care of her cub

b)

A married couple who agree to split their rent and share housework duties.

c)

A worm living in a cow's intestine.

d)

One chimp cleaning and grooming the hair of another chimp.

9.

Clownfish live inside sea anemones. They eat creatures that harm anemones, while anemones protect clownfish from predators. This is an example of:

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Amensalism

10.

Remoras attach themselves to a shark’s body. They travel with the shark and feed on the leftover food scraps after the shark has finished its meal, not taking any food from the shark or slowing it down when swimming.

a)

symbiosis

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

11.

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree.

a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
12.
a relationship that occurs when two or more organims of the same species need the same resource at the same time
a)
competition
b)
symbiosis
c)
predation
13.
Two male Giraffes are fighting over the last green leaf of a tree that is dying.  
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualsim
c)
Predation
d)
Commensalism
14.

Which of the following shows the symbiotic relationship between the Rodent and the Bird?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Competition

15.
Which symbols best describe parasitism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
16.
Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body. 
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Predation
d)
Competition

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