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Symbiotic Relationships
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Think of a normal
friendship where
both friends gain
something from the
The acacia galls are homes to stinging friendship
ants and the ants defend acacia from
other insects that would harm tree
leaves.
Mutualism
Flowers and their Pollinators
(Example: Bees and hummingbirds gather nectar and spread pollen.)
Mutualism
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Think of a friendship
where one of the friends
benefits while the other Barnacles adhering to the skin of a
whale
doesn’t change
Commensalism
One species uses a second organism
for housing such as small mammals
or birds that lives in holes in trees or
orchids which live in trees.
Clown fish
get their
protection
from the sea
anemone and
the anemone
is unaffected.
Commensalism
Shark eats
and the
remora
gets the
scraps left
by the
shark.
Parasitism
parasitism – a relationship
where one organism
benefits (parasite) while the
species it depends on (host)
is harmed
host – an organism on
which a parasite lives
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