Question

HELP ITS OVER DUE AND GRADE BOOK ENDS MARCH 5TH

In you own words, describe: (MUST use complete sentences)

1. Mutualism

2. Commensalism

3. Parasitism

B. Type a letter (M, C, P) for each of the following statements that describes the type of symbiosis.

4. a tick living on a dog

5. the honeyguide bird leading the honey badger to the bees hive, both eat the honey

6. a bird building their nest in a tree

7. Head lice living on a human scalp

8. The ants and the acacia tree living together and both receiving benefits

9. Bees and flowers

10. Mistletoe putting its roots into its host tree

Answer 1

Mutualism- both organisms benefit
Commensalism- one organism benefits while the other neither is harmed or helped
Parasitism- one organism is benefited while the other is harmed

4 P (flea benefits but dog is harmed)
5 M (both get to eat the honey)
6 C (bird gets a place to live without harming or helping the tree)
7 P (lice get a place to live but humans are harmed)
8 M (both are helped)
9 C (flower isn’t harmed or helped but bee is helped)
10 P (the tree is harmed but the mistletoe is benefitted)