EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -When they land in a flower, the bees get some pollen on their hairy bodies, and when they land in the next flower, some of the pollen from the first one rubs off, pollinating* the plant. This benefits the plants. In this mutualistic relationship, the bees get to eat, and the flowering plants get to reproduce.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants and their pollinators form a mutualistic relationship, a relationship in which each benefits from the other. In the plant-pollinator relationship, the pollinator benefits by feeding on food rewards provided by the flower, primarily nectar and pollen.

Detailed explanation-3: -Interaction of algae and fungi in lichen is an example of mutualism while that of bees and flowers is an example of mutualism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mutualism-a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit. Commensalism-a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.