Symbiosis Review

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What do you call a close relationship between two different species?

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symbiosis

Answer explanation

Symbiotic relationships are all the different types of close relationships between different species.

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What type of relationship is it when macaws drop food that other animals eat?

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commensalism

Answer explanation

Commensalism is when one species benefits (the animals eating the dropped food) while the other is neutral (the Macaw).

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Sloths eat cecropia trees. What kind of relationship is this?

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herbivory

Front

Aztec ants live in Cecropia trees. The tree provides a home for the ants and the ants protect the tree from herbivores. What kind of relationship is this?

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mutualism

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A cowbird lays its eggs in the nest of another bird. The other bird expends energy to take care of the baby, finding it food until it's big enough to leave the nest. What kind of relationship is this?

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parasitism