Symbiosis

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What is symbiosis?

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Symbiosis is any close relationship between two different species in an ecosystem.

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What is competition in ecology?

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Competition occurs when niches overlap between species and they have to compete for resources.

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What is mutualism?

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Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit, such as E. Coli in the human gut providing vitamin K.

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What is parasitism?

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Parasitism is a relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another, like mistletoe extracting nutrients from a spruce tree.

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What is predation?

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Predation is a relationship where one organism hunts and eats another organism.

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What is commensalism?

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Commensalism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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Give an example of mutualism.

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An example of mutualism is the relationship between bees and flowering plants, where bees get nectar and plants get pollinated.

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Give an example of parasitism.

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An example of parasitism is a tick feeding on the blood of a mammal.

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What is interspecific competition?

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Interspecific competition is competition between different species for the same resources.

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What is intraspecific competition?

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Intraspecific competition is competition among individuals of the same species.