Symbiotic Relationships

As buffalo move around in a field, they disturb the ground and stir up insects. Cattle egret are birds that live with the buffalo and other livestock. They hop off the back of the buffalo and eat the insects disturbed by it, getting a tasty meal. The buffalo are unaffected by the presence of the cattle egret. Which type of symbiotic relationship is shown between cattle egret and buffalo?

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

Female cowbirds will lay their eggs in other birds’ nests. They will usually damage or remove one of the other bird’s own eggs first, replacing it with their own egg. The cowbird egg has a short incubation period and usually hatches before the other eggs, demanding more food from the parent birds and decreasing the survival success of the other birds. Which type of symbiotic relationship is there between cowbirds and other bird species?

• Competition

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

Golden jackals that are no longer in a pack will follow tigers in order to feed on the remains of their kills. Which type of symbiotic relationship is there between golden Jackals and tigers?

• Competition

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

Which type of symbiotic relationship is represented by cats and fleas?

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Name the symbiotic relationship in which both individuals benefit from the relationship.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths.  The moths lay their eggs in the flowers and the eggs hatch. The larvae eat some of the seeds, and  spread them around.  Both species are benefited.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• competition

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. 

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

A flea feeds on a mouse’s blood.  This is good for the flea but bad for the mouse.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• competition

What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation