Types of Interactions: Examples of Symbiosis
A mosquito feeding off of a human.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
A bird lives in a tree.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
Bacteria in our stomach.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
Barnacles living on a whale
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
A mountain lion eats a rabbit.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
A lizards catches and eats an insect.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
A flea feeds on a dog.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
A cowbird eats the ticks off of a cow’s back. What is the relationship between the cowbird and the cow?
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
Mistletoe lives on and feeds off of a tree. The tree is harmed, but not immediately.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
Bacteria living at the roots of a tree: the tree gains nutrients, but the bacteria gain nothing from the tree.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
A cow eats grass.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism
Lichen is a protist and an algae living together. The algae retains moisture that both need to live. The protist produces nutrients for both.
- Predation
- Parasitism
- Mutualism
- Commensalism