Question

The trees in a tropical rainforest are often over 100 feet tall. Together, the upper portions of the trees form a canopy of leaves and branches that block sunlight from reaching the ground.

The strangler fig has adapted a method of depositing its seeds on the branches of other trees. When one of these seeds sprouts, its stem and branches grow upward, eventually forming a new canopy that blocks sunlight from the host tree. The roots of the strangler fig wrap around the host tree and may eventually strangle the host tree.
The example described above demonstrates Choose:(predation, competition, coorpration) and Choose (parasitism mutalism)

Answer 1

Answer:

The example described above demonstrates competition and parasitism.

Explanation:

The strangler tree initially starts competing with the other tree on which it grows for resources such as sunlight. Hence, the first type of interaction which it shows with the other species is competition. In biology, competition can be described as an interaction in which organisms fight for limited resources such as sun light, food, water etc.

The strangles tree eventually blocks light for the tree on which it started to live and might even strangle it to death. This is an example of parasitism. Parasitism is an interaction in which one organism benefits from the other organism while the other organism gets harmed.

Answer 2

Answer:

competition and parasitism

Explanation:

they are both competing for sunlight