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SymbiosisPracticeWorksheetMutualismCommensalismandParasitism 1
SymbiosisPracticeWorksheetMutualismCommensalismandParasitism 1
Mutualism,
Picture Relationship Questions to Consider Commensalism or
Parasitism?
The hermit crab will find an empty • Does the crab help the
snail shell and occupy it. If it snail?
outgrows it, it will find another. • Does the crab hurt the
snail?
• Does the snail know the
crab has its shell?
Pilot fish usually swim near sharks or • Does the pilot fish help the
whales . They feel protected and get shark?
the benefit of eating leftovers from • Does the pilot fish hurt the
the sharks' meals. shark?
• Does the shark even know
the pilot fish is there?