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WorksheetsSymbiosis
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 13mins
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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.
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
3.
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
4.
Which symbols best describe parasitism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
5.
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
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.
What type of symbiosis is this?
*Hermit crabs find shells left by snails that have died and move in.
* Snails die and leave behind their shells.
*Hermit crabs find shells left by snails that have died and move in.
* Snails die and leave behind their shells.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
9.
Which symbols best describe mutualism?
a)
+,+
b)
+,-
c)
+,0
d)
-,0
10.
Silverfish live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey. They neither help nor harm the ants.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
11.
Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Next the honey guide birds eat. Both species benefit.
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
12.
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.
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
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