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What is symbiosis?

*The act of living together. What is symbiosis?. What it means: Two organisms live in close association Temporarily or for a long time At least one of them benefits from the relationship. What are the different kinds of symbiosis?. Mutualism. Commensalism. one benefits. both benefit.

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What is symbiosis?

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  1. *The act of living together What is symbiosis? What it means: Two organisms live in close association Temporarily or for a long time At least one of them benefits from the relationship

  2. What are the different kinds of symbiosis? Mutualism Commensalism one benefits both benefit one benefits Parasitism one unaffected one harmed

  3. Example 1:Acacia plant with ant galls Ants lay eggs on acacia treeAcacia covers the infected area with brown flesh (gall) Parasitism: 1 benefits 1 harmed

  4. Example 2:Moray Eel with Cleaner Fish Mutualism: both benefit Moray Eel gets a clean mouth Cleaner Fish gets a meal

  5. Example 5:Antelope with Oxbird Antelope gets rid of parasites Oxbird gets a meal Mutualism: both benefit

  6. Example 3:Cattle with cattle egrets Cattle stir up insects as they eat grassEgrets hang around and eat insects Commensalism: one benefits, one unaffected

  7. Example 6:Taenia worm in human eye Worm infects human blood stream Human may go blind Parasitism: one benefits, one harmed

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