Symbiosis

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What is mutualism?

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A relationship between two organisms where both benefit from the interaction.

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What is parasitism?

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A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another, like a tapeworm in a cat.

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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, like skunks living in abandoned woodchuck burrows.

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What is symbiosis?

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A close relationship between two species that live together.

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What is an example of mutualism?

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Bees pollinating flowering plants, where both benefit.

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What is an example of parasitism?

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A tick feeding on a dog, harming the dog while benefiting the tick.

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What is 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 competition in ecology?

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A relationship where two organisms compete for the same resources, like food or space.

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What is the difference between mutualism and parasitism?

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In mutualism, both organisms benefit; in parasitism, one benefits at the other's expense.

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What is an example of competition?

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Two plants competing for sunlight in a garden.