Name ______________________________________________ Date:________________________ Pd:_______________
Symbiotic Relationships Webquest
(adapted from a webquest created by Jillian Wendt)
1. Click on the weblink titled "Symbiosis WebLink”. Read the information about symbiosis. Be sure to pay
close attention to the examples of commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism provided. Describe the following
types of symbiosis relationships listed below.
Parasitism= ________________________________________________________________________________
Mutualism= _______________________________________________________________________________
Commensalism= ___________________________________________________________________________
Predator= _________________________________________________________________________________
Prey= ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Click on the link to the YouTube video "Zombie Snails" below. As you watch the video, try to decide which
organisms are the following.
Who is the parasite?
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Who is the host?
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Who is the predator?
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Who is the prey?
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Do any of the organisms fulfill more than one of these roles? If so, who?
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3. Click on the weblink titled "Parasitism" below. Read the examples of parasitic relationships and note the
most interesting relationship (your opinion!).
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4. Click on the weblink titled "National Geographic Hippo". As you watch this video, try to decide what type
of relationship the hippos and the crocs have with one another. Who is helped? Who is harmed?
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5. Click on the link to the National Geographic video "Clown Fish & Anemone" below. As you watch the
video, try to determine how the clown fish is able to live with the anemone without being stung. What type of
relationship is this? How do the clown fish and the sea anemone work together?
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6. Click on the weblink titled "Dolphins Fish" below. As you watch this video, try to determine what type of
relationship exists between the dolphins and the gannets. Did you know that dolphins assist humans in catching
fish as well?
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7. You are almost there!!!! Now, in your lab groups, you will need to create a comic strip that shows the three
types of symbiosis and the predator/prey relationship. Your comic strip should contain at least three frames. Be
sure to use real relationships with real species and to follow the rubric provided. You may use the supplies
provided by your teacher. Click the video "Symbiotic" to get you in the mood! Good luck!
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Types of Symbiosis
& Predator/Prey
Relationship
Only one type of
symbiosis or
predator/prey
relationship is depicted
accurately. (10 pts.)
Two types of
symbiosis or
predator/prey
relationship are
depicted accurately.
(20 pts.)
Three types of symbiosis Three types of symbiosis and
and predator/prey
predator/prey relationships are
relationship are depicted, depicted accurately. (40 pts.)
but not accurately. (30
pts.)
Participation
Minimal Participation Moderate Participation Active Participation (i.e.
(i.e. socializing) (5 pts.) (i.e. socializing and
no socializing, focusing
working some)(5 pts.) on work, and working
with group members) (5
pts.)
"Above and Beyond" Participation 20
(i.e. no socializing, working very
hard,focusing on the task at hand,
working productively and
appropriately with the group) (5
pts.)
Neatness &
Appropriateness
Work is illegible and
not appropriate. (10
pts.)
Work is legible, neat, and very
appropriate. (40 pts.)
Work is illegible but is Work is legible, but
appropriate. (20 pts.) sloppy, and is
appropriate. (30 pts.)
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Scor
e
40
40
Total Score: 100