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Name K € Ny Period Binder Page # Symbiosis Worksheet Directions: Classify each of the following scenarios as either mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. I, Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales.. Commensalign —> The barnacies get food ¢ ah ome ond th whale oloesa't Care that they are there c Ticks feed on deer blood to the deer’s detriment. Parasthsm 2. The stork uses its saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result, the dead animals carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying. Betueen Stork ond beeS > CommengaliSnn Tne beeS Get food ond o place to lay their 33S but tne StockS dati care either way avout the bees. 4, Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they each can identify threats the other animal would not as readily see, Mutuoaliim > They work tegether ond help each omer out 1A watching Foc prey SO both benefit 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 bencfit, Musualigen Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails. CommensaliSM 9 Crabs benefit by getting a home but the BailS dons care aS they have abondoned tne SnellS. 7. A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler’s nest. The cuckoo’s young will displace the warbler’s young and will be raised by the warbler. ParasthSm > The cuckoo benefits Since HS Young have a home ad Someone to raise i+ but tne warolec iS huctk olen WS Young, Ace tron OUt and left to Adie Ga then the Warbler CaiseS Another bicd's of fs pring. 6.