Species Interactions

Sharks, dolphins, and seabirds all eat the same type of fish

• competition

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.

• competition

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

Ticks feed on deer blood

• competition

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then the honey guide birds eat.

• competition

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they each can identify threats the other animal would not readily see.

• competition

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A flea feeds on a mouse's blood

• competition

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Remoras attach themselves to a shark's body. They then travel with the shark on feed on the left over food scraps from the shark's meals. This neither harms nor benefits the shark.

• competition

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Zebra mussels and freshwater clams both attach themselves to the bottoms of lakes and filter feed on plankton.

• competition

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds.

• competition

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler's nest. The cuckoo's young will displace the warbler's young and will be raised by the warbler.

• competition

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2