ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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Question
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Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?
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Ticks feeding on a dog
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Bees transporting pollen from flower to flower
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Pilotfish swimming under sharks
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Birds eating the insects from the back of hippo
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Parasitism is a symbiotic relationship in which one species (the parasite) benefits while the other species (the host) is harmed. Many species of animals are parasites, at least during some stage of their life.
Detailed explanation-2: -The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is commensalism, and the relationship between the ticks and the humans is parasitism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Commensalism. The tick derives benefit but the dog is not harmed.
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