STOP AND JOT #3

Practice Quiz

#1.

Acacia Plant & Ants

The ants lay eggs on

acacia tree so they get
a nice safe place for
their eggs. The acacia
covers the infected
area with brown flesh
(called a gall.) The
plant loses valuable
resources to create the
gall.

What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#2. Anemone & Anemone Fish

This fish lives its entire
adult life among the
tentacles of a bulb- tentacle
sea anemone. Anemone
fish do not get stung by the
anemone as would most
other fish so they get
protection from predators.
The fish often drop food
scraps which the anemones
can eat.
What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#3 Boxer Crab & Anemones

This Boxer Crab carries a
pair of stinging anemones
in its claws, which it uses
to defend itself from
predators. The anemones
get to move around which
increases their food
supply.

What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#4. Shark & Remora

The remora attaches itself
to the shark and saves
energy since it doesnt
have to swim, and it gets to
snack on the sharks kills.
The shark is neither hurt
nor hamed.

What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#5. Moray Eel & Cleaner Fish

This moray eel has a small fish
cleaning between its teeth. The
eel gets a clean mouth while the
cleaner fish gets a nice meal.

What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#6. Cattle & Cattle Egrets

As these cattle walk
around eating grass they
stir up lots of insects. The
egrets hang around and
get a yummy meal of
insects. The cattle are
unaffected.

What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#7. The phorid fly and the leaf-cutter ant

When leaf-cutter ants are
collecting leaves, a phorid fly
attacks a worker ant and lay its
eggs in the crevice on worker
ant's head. When the eggs hatch,
its larvae burrows into the ant's
body and starts feeding on it from
inside, eventually killing it. While
the host organism doesn't
necessarily die in all the cases, it
does suffer as a result of this
relationship.
What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#8. Goby and Alpheid Shrimp

This alpheid shrimp (on
the right) uses its strong
claws like a bulldozer to
create a burrow in the
sand. The shrimp is nearly
blind. It relies upon its
partner, the sharp-eyed
goby, to warn of danger.
When a potential predator
approaches, both animals
disappear quickly into the
burrow
What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#9. Hummingbird Moth & Flower

This hummingbird moth is
drinking the nectar of a
flower. The flower gets
pollinated (the moth brings
pollen from other flowers)
and the moth gets a tasty
meal.

What symbiotic
relationship is this?

#10. Brown-headed Cowbird

The brown-headed lays
its eggs in the nest of
other birds, making the
host birds take care of its
eggs. The bird's eggs
get a natural readymade shelter by
encroaching upon the
nests of other species.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/symbiotic-relationships-ingrasslands.html

What symbiotic
relationship is this?