Symbiotic
Relationships
A symbiotic
relationship is a close relationship between organisms. Symbiotic relationships
include; Parasitism, Commensalism, and Mutualism. Parasitism is when one
organism benefits from the other and the other organism is harmed. For example;
when a tapeworm attaches itself to the insides of animals and they get food by
eating the host’s partly digested food which deprives the host from nutrients.
Commensalism is when one organism benefits and the other isn’t affected. An
example of commensalism is like when a bird cleans bugs off a buffalo.
Mutualism is when both organisms benefit from each other. An example of
mutualism is pollination because when a bee pollinates a flower it helps the
flower reproduce more seeds and the bee gets nectar and pollen from the flower. Two organism are usually in a symbiotic
relationship because they can’t live or survive without each other. Another
type or symbiotic that we didn’t really discuss in class is competition.
Competition is when both organisms strive for the same resources in the same
place. Competition isn’t always the same species fighting for the resource it
can be all types of different organisms. Those are the four main types of
symbiotic relationships.
Isela, This is very well written. I like how you pointed out and explained competition in your example.
ReplyDeleteAwesome I like the way you put the words together, and how the different relationships are explained.
ReplyDeletenice job i really like the example of the flower and the bee in the mutualism symbiotic relationship
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