Mutualism Commensalism Parasitic

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What is mutualism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction.

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What is commensalism?

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A type of 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 type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of the other, which is harmed.

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What is competition in ecology?

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Occurs when two or more organisms use the same resource, leading to a struggle for survival.

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What is symbiosis?

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A close long-term association between two or more species, which can be mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic.

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How many types of symbiosis are there?

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There are three types: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.

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Give an example of mutualism.

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Bees pollinating flowers; bees get food (nectar) and flowers get pollinated.

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Give an example of commensalism.

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Barnacles attaching to a whale; barnacles benefit by getting a place to live, while the whale is not affected.

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Give an example of parasitism.

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A tick feeding on a dog; the tick benefits by getting food, while the dog is harmed.

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What is the role of a predator in an ecosystem?

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A predator hunts and eats other organisms (prey), helping to control population sizes.