Relationships

The honeyguide bird leads honey badgers to bee hives. The badgers then break open the hives and eat the honey inside. Once the badger is finished, the honey guide birds feed on the leftover beeswax.

Which of the following best defines the ecological interaction between the honeyguide bird and the honey badger?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Competition

• Predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A koala feeds on leaves from eucalyptus trees.

What type of ecological interaction exists between the koala and the eucalyptus?

• Herbivory

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

Suckerfish attach themselves to the side of a shark’s body, traveling with the shark and feeding on the shark's leftover food. The sharks are not helped or harmed by the suckerfish.

What type of ecological interaction exists between the shark and the suckerfish?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predation

Two plants growing beside one another try to access limited available sunlight.

What ecological interaction describes the relationship between the two plants?

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Herbivory

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A mouse is killed and consumed by a snake.

What type of ecological interaction exists between the snake and the mouse?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

A cuckoo bird lays its eggs in a warbler bird's nest. Once hatched, the cuckoo chicks displace the warbler chicks, tricking the parent warbler into caring for them over their own young.

What type of ecological interaction does the cuckoo have with the warbler?

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A plant is pollinated by a species of moth. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers of the plant for protection and food.

Which of the following best defines the ecological interaction between the plant and the moths?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Commensalism

A deer grazes on tall grasses in the forest.

What type of ecological interaction exists between the deer and the grasses?

• Competition

• Herbivory

• Parasitism

• Mutualism