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Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds.
a) mutualism
b) commensalism
c) parasitism
d) competition

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then the honey guide birds eat.
a) mutualism
b) commensalism
c) predation
d) competition

If a cleaner fish cleans another big fish of its parasites, what type of symbiotic relationship is this?
a) death
b) mutualism
c) commensalism
d) parasitism

A relationship in which two species live closely together
a) resource
b) mutualism
c) succession
d) symbiosis

How many types of symbiosis are there?
a) 5
b) 7
c) 3
d) 18

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. What kind of relationship is this?
a) mutualism
b) parasitism
c) commensalism
d) predator prey

A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.
a) mutualism
b) commensalism
c) parasitism
d) naturalism

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest hippos. This is an example of _______.
a) commensalism
b) mutualism
c) neutralism
d) competition

A tapeworm takes the nutrient from a cat to its detriment.
a) mutualism
b) parasitism
c) competition
d) commensalism

What type of symbiosis? Humminbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by humminbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a) commensalism
b) mutualism
c) parasitism
d) predation

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed.
a) mutualism
b) competition
c) parasitism
d) commensalism

Cattle egrets forage in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle dont care if they are there or not.
a) mutualism
b) commensalism
c) competition
d) parasitism

When a mosquito bites you, you are the _________ and the mosquito is the __________.
a) host, hostess
b) parasite, host
c) host, parasite
d) prey, predator

close relationship between two species where both species benefit
a) mutualism
b) commensalism
c) predation
d) parasitism

relationship where one species benefits and the other species is unaffected
a) commensalism
b) mutualism
c) parasitism
d) competition

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