Four CornersThere are four options posted around the room. Listen to the description and decide which type of relationship is being described. Then move to the

option that best fits that relationship

Relationship: Elk and ElkTwo male elk fight for a female.

Option 1- MutualismOption 2- Competition

Option 3- CommensalismOption 4- Parasitism

Relationship: Bat and FlowersA bat drinks nectar from a flower and in the process gets pollen on it’s body. When it moves to another flower it

gets pollen on that flower allowing seeds to be fertilized.

Option 1- MutualismOption 2- PredationOption 3- CommensalismOption 4- Parasitism

Relationship: Kitten and MouseA kitten finds a mouse and pounces on it… the kitten then eats the

mouse

Option 1- Mutualism Option 2- PredationOption 3- Competition Option 4- Parasitism

Relationship: Cattle and BirdsCattle walk in a field and stir up bugs for the

Cattle Egrets (birds) to eat.

Option 1- MutualismOption 2- Competition

Option 3- CommensalismOption 4- Parasitism

Good bacteria live in humans intestines and helps to digest food.

Option 1- MutualismOption 2- PredationOption 3- CommensalismOption 4- Parasitism

A bug hops on to your jacket and you take him for a ride. The bug hops off before you

even notice he was there.

Option 1- MutualismOption 2- Predation

Option 3- CommensalismOption 4- Parasitism

Relationship: Leeches and HumansLeeches, slug like organisms, suck the blood of animals they come in

contact with.

Option 1- MutualismOption 2- Predation

Option 3- CommensalismOption 4- Parasitism

Relationship: Lions and HyenasLions and hyenas fight over a meal.

Option 1- MutualismOption 2- CompetitionOption 3- CommensalismOption 4- Predation

Lone golden jackals eat the scraps that tigers leave behind.

Option 1- MutualismOption 2- Predation

Option 3- CommensalismOption 4- Parasitism

Who’s Your Buddy?1. You have been assigned a card. Read the card that you have and

determine what type of interaction your organism participates in.

2. Once you have determined the interaction, move about the room to find your interaction partner.

3. If you come to an organism that is not your partner (and participates in a DIFFERENT interaction) than yours, write their organism in the boxes provided.

4. Once you have found your partner continue around the room to find the partners to the other organisms you have listed.

5. Once your table is complete answer questions 1-3 at the bottom of the page.

Exit Ticket1. Please define the word:

Community Relationship2. What is one type of a community

relationship? 3. What is one example of the relationship

from question 2?

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