Symbiosis Positive and Negative

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. In this relationship, the whales are neither harmed nor benefited. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

Egrets feed in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to the insects that are stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle do not care if the egrets are there or not. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and eat the honey first. Then the honey guide birds eat what is left. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Remoras attach themselves to the bodies of sharks. They then travel with the shark and feed on the leftover scraps from the sharks' meals. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

As buffaloes walk through grass, insects become active so they are spotted by and then eaten by cowbirds. What type of symbiosis is this relationship between the buffaloes and cowbirds? The buffaloes aren't bothered.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler's nest. The cuckoo's young will kick the warbler's young out of the nest and the mother warbler ends up raising the cuckoos instead of her own babies.. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the body of black sea bass. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Hermit crabs live in shells that are made and then abandoned by snails. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

Spider crabs live on the shallow ocean floor. Algae lives on the crabs. The algae helps the crabs blend in and the algae gets a good place to live. What type of symbiosis is this relationship?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

In a mutualism relationship, both organisms are ---

• benefited.

• unaffected.

• harmed.