Symbiosis Interactions

a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

• competition

• predator/prey

• symbiosis

What does symbiosis mean?

• Living separately, no relationship between 2 species

• Living together, close relationship between 2 species

• Living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species

• When one species kills and eats another

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is hurt or harmed...

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a cat absorbing nutrients through its skin. A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• competition

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Tags

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When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• neutralism

• parasitism

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.  What kind of relationship is this?

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism