Symbiotic Relationships

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What is parasitism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another, such as a tick feeding on a dog.

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What is commensalism?

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed, like cattle egrets foraging among cattle.

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What is mutualism?

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A win-win symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit, such as bees pollinating flowers while getting nectar.

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What is competition in ecology?

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A relationship that occurs when two or more organisms of the same species need the same resource at the same time.

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What is a win-lose relationship?

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A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed, typically seen in parasitism.

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What is a win-win relationship?

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A relationship where both organisms benefit, commonly found in mutualism.

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Give an example of parasitism.

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A tapeworm living in the intestines of a mammal.

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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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Give an example of mutualism.

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Clownfish living among sea anemones; clownfish get protection while anemones get cleaned.

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What is symbiosis?

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A close and long-term interaction between two different species, which can be mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic.