Symbiosis Quiz

Parasitism:

• When one organism lives in/on a host and harms it

• When both organisms benefit

• When one organism benefits and the other is not affected

Mutualism:

• When both organisms benefit

• When an organism lives in/on a host and harms it

• When one organism benefits and the other is not affected

Tags

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Commensalism:

• When an organism lives in/on a host and harms it

• When one species benefits and the other is not affected

• When both species benefit

A tick sucks blood from a host and infects it:

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

A remora fish eats the shark's scraps. The shark is not helped or harmed.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Butterflies eat the nectar from flowers. The flower pollen is spread to other flowers. Both species benefit.

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Barnacles attach to whales and get food and a home without harming the whale.

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

Mistletoe grows into a trees roots and sucks water out of the tree, causing it to die.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• Carnivores

Predator

• Organisms that are hunted and eaten

• Organisms that eat only plants

• Organisms that hunt and eat others

Tags

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Grizzly bears catch salmon from a stream.

• Predator/ Prey

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2