Mutualism Commensalism Parasitic

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction.

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What is commensalism?

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is parasitism?

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of the other.

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In a parasitic relationship, what is the organism that is harmed called?

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Host.

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In a mutualistic relationship, what is an example of both organisms benefiting?

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A bird eats parasites off a rhinoceros while the rhinoceros provides protection to the bird.

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What is competition in ecology?

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Occurs when two or more organisms use the same resource.

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What is a predator?

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An organism that hunts and eats another organism.

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What is prey?

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An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.

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Give an example of commensalism.

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Barnacles attaching to a whale; the barnacles benefit while the whale is unaffected.

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What is an example of parasitism?

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Ticks feeding on a dog.