Symbiotic Relationships Practice Packet

Looking for a fun and easy way to help your students practice identifying symbiotic relationships? This FREE activity is a great way to reinforce one of the key concepts in your ecology unit—and your students are going to love it!

Understanding how organisms interact with each other is such an important part of learning about ecosystems, and this activity makes it feel approachable and even a little fun.

Here’s what’s inside:

• Part I: Students will look at cartoon examples and decide which type of symbiotic relationship—mutualism, commensalism, or parasitism—is being shown.
• Part II: Students will read short descriptions of 20 different organism pairs and determine what kind of symbiotic relationship they share.

It’s perfect for partner work, class review, or even as a sub plan. Plus, it’s low-prep and easy to use right away!

✅ Heads up: The answer key is included in the full Niches vs. Habitats & Symbiosis Unit.

What busy teachers like you have said:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Move Mind Math (TPT Seller) says, “Great resource! The visuals really added to helping students understand symbiotic relationships and the descriptions are very clear. Thank you!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Speechzella (TPT Seller) says, “This was really helpful for my son who is learning about symbiotic relationships. He was able to identify and learn about different symbiotic relationships. Thanks!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fun Learning With Us (TPT Seller) says, “I loved using this to illustrate real life examples of symbiotic relationships & it caused great conversations. It was great for review their understanding of ecological relationships. ”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Inga K. says, “Fantastic pack of materials – student understanding of symbiotic relationships is much more secure as a result.”

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