Relationships Exit Slip (2025)

A boxer crab carries small anemones on its claws and uses them to scare away predators. The anemones feed on small bits of food left over by the crab.

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Predator / Prey

An isopod bites on the tongue of a snapper fish, then attaches itself where the tongue used to be. For the rest of the fish's life, it remains attached, feeding off the fish's blood and bits of food eaten by the fish.

• Mutualism

• Parastism

• Competition

• Predator / Prey

Which of the following describes a relationship between two species where one benefits and the other is harmed?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Ammensalism

Which of the following describes a relationship between two species where both species benefit?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Ammensalism

Some fungi that live in the soil attach themselves to the roots of plants. The fungus provides nutrients for the plant and the plant gives the fungus some sugars from photosynthesis.

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predator / Prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Coyotes and Bobcats both eat small rodents (mice, shrews, voles) in forest ecosystems. This is an example of _____

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predator / Prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Osprey are large birds that stalk, hunt and eat freshwater fish. Osprey and fish have what type of relationship?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predator / Prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2