Question

You learned in the reading that some symbiotic relationships are helpful and some are harmful. Look at the symbiotic relationships listed below and select all where at least one organism is harmed (the reading calls these harmful relationships). Group of answer choices Commensalism Parasitism Mutualism Predator-Prey Competition

Answer 1

Answer: Parasitism, Predator-Prey, Competition

Explanation:

The symbiotic relationship is the relationship in which two distinct species are associated with each other. In the symbiotic relation the species may get harm or benefit of association. Parasitism can be defined as the symbiotic relationship in which one species get harmed and other one receives the benefit. For example, malarial parasite plasmodium derives the nourishment from the host body (human). Predator-prey relationship is also harmful as the predator kills the prey to obtain it as food. Competition is harmful in the sense two or more organisms of the same or different species compete for the same resource, the most dominant receives the resource the inferior organism is either killed or harmed in the fight for resources.