Symbiosis

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What type of relationship is it when ticks feed on deer blood, harming the deer?

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Parasitism

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Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers. Both species benefit.

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Mutualism

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Hermit crabs live in shells made and then abandoned by snails.

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Commensalism

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Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers feed on the honey and then allow the birds to eat.

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Mutualism

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Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree it is attached to.

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Parasitism

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What type of relationship exists between the birds and the antelope?

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commensalism

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A lichen is a combination of two organisms, an alga and a fungus. The fungus gets its food from the alga while the alga gets water from the fungus. This is an example of which relationship?

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mutualism

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What type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower. Options: commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, predation

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mutualism

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When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the __________.

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host, parasite

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The close relationship between two different species in an ecosystem

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Symbiosis