Types of Interactions

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

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• Mutualism 

• Competition

• Parasitsm 

• Commensalism 

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

What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Match the term with the correct description of interaction.

• commensalism

• one species benefits, the other is not hurt but has no benefit either

• competition

• one species is harmed, one benefits

• mutualsim

• both species benefit

• parasitism

• two species struggle to get the same resource

Tags

SB5

Match the following

• +/O

• mutualism

• +/+

• commensalism

• +/-

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A close, ongoing relationship between species in which at least one is benefiting and the other is not helped or harmed.

• Commensalism

• Symbiosis

• Predator & Prey

• Mutualism

Match the following.

• • + -

• Mutualism

• • + 0

• Commensalism

• • + +

• Parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Match the relationship to its example

• Tree fogs use plants as projection at no expense to the plant

• Mutualism

• The long horned rams fight for breeding territory

• Commensalism

• A mosquito feeds off of your blood. You are left with an itchy bug bite

• Parasitism

• The oxpecker gets a free ride on the zebra's back, the zebra gets bugs removed

• Predation

• A shark consumes a swordfish for energy

• Competition

Match the following

• one organism benefits, but the other is harmed

• parasitism

• both organisms benefit

• commensalism

• one organism benefits, but the other is unaffected

• predation

• two organisms compete (fight) for resources

• competition

• one organism hunts and kills the other

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2