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SYMBIOSIS
The Study Guide of Doom
Symbiosis is a:
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close, long-term relationship between two or
more species
Symbiosis is a:
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close, long-term relationship between two or
more species
Often at least one species needs the
relationship in order to thrive
There are three types of symbiosis
3 Types of Symbiosis
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Commensalism – one species benefits and
the other is unaffected
Mutualism – both species benefit
Parasitism – one species benefits and the
other is harmed (the host)
Simple Table of Symbiotic
Relationships
Species 1
Species 2
Commensalism
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0
Mutualism
+
+
Parasitism
+
-
Foolish
Thrush…
#1
Brown-headed cowbirds lay their eggs in wood
thrush nests. When the chicks hatch, the cowbirds
are bigger and typically eat more food than the
wood thrush chicks. Sometimes the cowbird
chicks kick the wood thrush chicks out of the nest.
#1: Answer
PARASITISM
#2
Hummingbirds
get nectar from
certain flowers
and the flowers
are pollinated in
the process.
Rufous-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) pollinating
tropical blueberry flowers
#2: Answer
MUTUALISM
#3
Shoo fly,
don’t
bother me!
Oxpecker
birds sit on
the back of a
rhino eating
annoying
flies.
#3: Answer
We help out
all sorts of
African
mammals in
this way!!!
MUTUALISM
I vant to
drink your
blood…
#4
Ticks drink
blood from a
dog.
#4: Answer
PARASITISM
#5
Cactus
wrens build
their nests in
cholla cactus.
#5: Answer
THANKS FOR
THE FREE
HOME!
The cactus is not
helped or harmed.
COMMENSALISM
#6
Bacteria
naturally live
inside human
intestines.
The bacteria get
food and the
humans get
vitamin K
from the
bacteria.
“Cultured”
means a
product
includes
“good”
bacteria that
will help
your
intestines
(and you)
stay healthy
#6: Answer
MUTUALISM
#7
Remoras attach
to the skin of a
shark.
The shark is not
affected, but
the remora gets
a “free ride”
(both
transportation
and leftovers
when the shark
eats)
#7: Answer
COMMENSALISM
#8
Mistletoe
attached to a tree
takes water from
the tree’s
vascular system.
#8: Answer
Water is stolen
from the tree by
the mistletoe;
the tree loses
water
How did stealing a kiss
underneath a parasite become a
holiday tradition?
PARASITISM
#9
The Boxer Crab
carries around
small sea
anemones.
The crab waves
the anemones
in the face of a
potential
attacker (which
gets stung) and
the anemones
gather food bits
from the crab
when it eats
#9: Answer
MUTUALISM
#10
The Coleman
shrimp takes
refuge in the
protective spines
of a fire urchin
The Coleman
shrimp is
protected from
predators by the
urchin’s spines,
while the
urchin is
unaffected
#10: Answer
COMMENSALISM
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http://fsc.fernbank.edu/Birding/birdID/cowbird.htm (slides 6&7)
http://bio-ditrl.sunsite.ualberta.ca/detail/?P_MNO=6122 (slide 8)
http://home.centurytel.net/Arkcite/hek0.htm (slide 9)
http://www.game-reserve.com/images/wildlife/rhino/rhino_and_yellowbilled_oxpecker.jpg (slide 10)
http://www.birds-photos.com/main/gallery.aspx?name_id=88 (slide 11)
http://www.birdingafrica.net/img138.jpg (slide 11)
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/ticks/ticks.htm (slide 12)
http://images.1800petmeds.com/images/products/420/104602_420.jpg (slide 13)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cactus_Wren_nest_in_Teddy-bear_Cholla.jpg (slide 14)
http://www.gf.state.az.us/w_c/nongame_cactus_wren.shtml (slide 15)
http://www.liv.ac.uk/researchintelligence/issue27/medicalfood.html (slide 16)
http://img.shopping.com/cctool/PrdImg/images/pr/177X150/00/01/d7/0d/ed/30871021.JPG (slide 17)
http://www.scubaduba.com/gallery/shark2.jpg (slide 18)
http://www.britannica.com/ebc/art-30821 (slide 19)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MistletoeInSilverBirch.jpg (slide 20)
http://www.wcosf.org/articles/mistletoe.shtml (slide 21)
http://www.deeperblue.net/article.php/208/13 (slide 22)
http://www.norbertwu.com/galleries/ind-web/pictures/picture-43.jpg (slide 23)
http://www.underwaterphotos.com/article4.htm (slide 24)
http://www.rstours.com/assets/images/colemanshrimp.jpg (slide 25)