Question

Which example is not a kind of symbiosis? A. estivation B. commensalism C. parasitism D. mutualism

Answer 1

Your answer is estivation.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. parasitism

Explanation:

Symbiosis is an interspecific ecological interaction, that is, between organisms of different species, occurring in a compulsory and harmonious manner, allowing reciprocal advantages for the species involved. This association is permanent, causing dependence indispensable to the survival of the parties, and can no longer detach from each other, due to the collaboration that each exerts on the metabolism of its dependent, probably harmful if they were separated.

Parasitism is an association between two organisms, but it is the type of association that does not promote benefits to both living organisms, on the contrary, in parasitism an organism causes a malfunction in the body of another organism, but its development is favored. For this reason, parasitism cannot be considered a kind of symbiosis.