FREE BIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SYMBIOSIS

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FREE BIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SYMBIOSIS

PART II EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -18 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: A sparrow will build its nest under the nest of an osprey. The smaller birds get protection because other predators will not mess with the osprey. The osprey are not helped nor harmed by the sparrow.

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Commensalism Question 2: Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Because the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can identify threats that the other animal would not see as readily.

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Mutualism Question 3: A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler's nest. The cuckoo's young will knock the warbler's eggs out of a nest and the warbler will raise the cuckoo's young.

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Parasitism

Question 4: As bison walk through grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by cowbirds. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the bison.

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Commensalism Question 5: 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. Both species benefit.

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Mutualism Question 6: Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first.Next the honey guide birds eat. Both species benefit.

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Mutualism Question 7: Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. This relationship neither helps nor harms the snails.

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Commensalism Question 8: Heartworms develop inside a dog's heart. The worms cause health problems and may result in death.

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Parasitism Question 9: Remoras attach themselves to a shark's body. They then travel with the shark and feed on the leftover food scraps from the shark's meals. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the shark.

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Commensalism

Question 10: Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed.

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Parasitism

Question 11: Ticks will feed on a deer's blood and harm the deer.

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Parasitism Question 12: Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body. The wrasse fish get a meal and the black sea bass is helped by the removal of the parasites.

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Mutualism

Question 13: A flea feeds on a mouse's blood and harms the mouse.

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Parasitism Question 14: Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales.

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Commensalism Question 15: The stork uses it saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result, the dead animal carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the stork.

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Commensalism Question 16: A wasp lays its eggs on a caterpillar. When the wasp eggs hatch, the larva will eat the caterpillar and kill it.

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Parasitism

Question 17: Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. The oxpeckers get a meal and the rhinoceros is helped by the removal of the ticks.

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Mutualism Question 18: Orchids grow inside a bromeliad plant. The orchid obtains water and nutrients from the bromeliad, but does not help or harm it.

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Commensalism