Symbiosis With Vertebrates

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A tapeworm takes the nutrient from a cat to its detriment.  

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest hippos.  This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Naturalism

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 

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

How many types of symbiosis are there?

• 5
• 7
• 3
• If you pick this you're silly
  1000

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

If a cleaner fish cleans another big fish of its parasites, what type of symbiotic relationship is this?

• death
• mutualism
• commensalism
• paraitism