Organism Relationships - Symbiosis

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

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

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-LS2-2

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

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala. This helps the impala by removing the parasites.  This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

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

• hostess

• prey

• parasite

• predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• neutralism
• parasitism

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

• parasitism
• commensalism
• mutualism

Two organisms fighting over the same resource.

• commensalism
• niche
• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1