Question

A biologist identifies an organism that lives in the gills of a fish and consumes the fish’s blood. What type of relationship do the organism and fish have?

Answer 1

Answer;

Parasitic  relationship

Explanation;

• A parasitic relationship is a type of relationship in which one organism, the parasite, lives off of another organism, the host, harming it and possibly causing death.
• The organism that is harming the other one is called a parasite. Examples of Parasitism includes fleas or ticks that live on dogs and cats are parasites.
• In this case; the organism that lives in the gills of a fish consuming fish's blood is the parasite, while fish is the host.