Vocabulary
Symbiotic Relationships
Symbiotic Relationships
Examples
Challenge
100
The definition for symbiosis:
What is a close/ long term relationship between two species?
100
When ants protect a tree and the tree provides them with shelter (type of symbiosis)
What is a mutualistic relationship?
100
Organism that hunts and kills for food
What is a predator
100
Honeybees travel from flower to flower, gathering nectar to eat. Pollen from the flowers sticks to the honeybees and is carried between flowers, which helps the flowers reproduce.This is what type of relationship and why?
What is mutualism because both the honeybees and the flowers benefit
100
Which statement best explains the changing levels of bison in relation to rabbit population levels?
When bison populations are large, they compete with rabbits for food on the preserve.
OR
Bison populations are stable except when rabbit populations are increasing.
What is when bison populations are large, they compete with rabbits for food on the preserve.
200
3 types of symbiotic relationships
What are Commensalism, Parasitism, Mutualism
200
When an animal carries and scatters the seeds of a plant (type of symbiosis)
What is an example of commensalism?
200
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits by getting food, and the other organism's population benefits by being kept from overpopulation and disease.
What is a predator-prey relationship?
200
Aphids are insects that feed on the sap of plants. Aphids can destroy a healthy plant by removing all of its sap or by introducing disease to the plant. This is what type of relationship and why?
The relationship is parasitism because the aphids receive a benefit and the plant is harmed.
200
Which type of relationship is most likely represented in the graph?
The relationship is predator–prey where species X represents the wolves, and species Y represents the rabbits.
OR
The relationship is predator–prey where species X represents the rabbits, and species Y represents the wolves.
What is the relationship is predator–prey where species X represents the rabbits, and species Y represents the wolves.
300
Mutualistic Relationship or the definition of mutualism:
What is when both organisms benefit?
300
When a barnacle attaches itself to a whale's fin (type of symbiosis)
What is an example of a commensalistic relationship
300
A symbiotic relationship in which organisms work together in order to help each other survive.
What is a cooperative relationship?
300
Orchid flowers grow on trees in the rainforest in order to gain more access to sunlight and water. The orchids do not hurt the tree. What kind of relationship does this illustrate?
What is commensalism?
300
If this trend continues, what will the mass of the plant with fungus be at 12 months?
10 kg Or 12 kg
What is 10kg
400
Definition of commensalism:
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits, but the other organism is not benefitted, nor harmed.
400
Lice on a human (type of symbiosis)
What is an example of a parasitic relationship?
400
If a prey species becomes extinct, what outcome is most likely for their predator's population?
What is the predators that eat the prey may decrease in population or become threatened.
400
Johanna noticed that, in a forest near her house, seedlings grew in small spots of light. As the seedlings grew taller, they tried to expand into areas where there was more sunlight. After several months, most seedlings died. They were not able to receive enough sunlight. Which type of relationship does this illustrate?
What is Competition?
400
What is the most likely reason that the environment in Florida is better suited for mosquitos than in Maine?
Florida's seasons do not change very much, and temperatures get higher much more quickly.
OR
There are more carnivorous plants that eat mosquitoes in Maine than in Florida.
What is Florida's seasons do not change very much, and temperatures get higher much more quickly.
500
Definition of parasitism, or a parasitic relationship:
What is one organism benefits while the other is harmed?
500
Nitrogen fixing bacteria living on the roots of a legume:
What is an example of a mutualistic relationship
500
Bees and butterflies both get nectar from flowers as a food source. If most of the flowers died in a particular area, what would the bees and butterflies have to do because of the limited food supply?
What is the bees and butterflies would have to compete for food.
500
A wolf pack functions as a family, hunting as a group, helping raise each other's pups, and protecting the pack. This type of relationship is called...
What is a cooperative relationship?
500
The picture shows a forest that is home to three kinds of trees: Red maple, White birch, and Pine. It is also home to three kinds of moths: red, brown, and white.
Which of the following would most likely happen if a disease caused most of the White birch trees to die?
The number of white and red moths would increase, while the number of brown moths would decrease.
OR
The number of red and brown moths would increase, while the number of white moths would decrease.
What is the number of red and brown moths would increase, while the number of white moths would decrease.