Ecological Relationships

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What is predation?

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A feeding relationship where one organism hunts and one is hunted.

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What is parasitism?

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A relationship between two organisms where one benefits by being on or in the other while the other is harmed.

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In a mosquito bite scenario, who is the host and who is the parasite?

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You are the host and the mosquito is the parasite.

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What best describes parasitism?

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It helps one organism but hurts the other.

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What is an example of predation?

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A frog eats a fly.

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What is mutualism?

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A relationship between two organisms where both benefit.

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What is commensalism?

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

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What is competition in ecology?

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A relationship where two organisms compete for the same resources.

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What is an example of mutualism?

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Bees pollinating flowers while getting nectar.

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What is an example of commensalism?

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Barnacles attaching to a whale.