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SYMBIOTIC
RELATIONSHIPS
WORDS 17-22
Symbiosis
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Parasite
Host
17. SymbiosisA relationship in which two species exist
together and at least one of the species
benefits from the interaction
 There are three types of symbiotic
relationships: mutualism, commensalism
and parasitism
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TREE MAP OF SYMBIOTIC
RELATIONSHIPS:
SYMBIOSIS
MUTUALISM
-both benefit
COMMENSALISM
-one benefits, one unaffected
PARASITISM
-one benefits, one harmed
18. MUTUALISM
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A relationship between
organisms in which both
species benefit from the
interaction
Occurs in animals of
different species
Key words: both benefit
EXAMPLE OF MUTUALISM:

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A sea anemone and a
clown fish
The sea anemone
benefits because the
clown fish attracts
other fish and the
clown fish benefits
because it gets
protection
19. COMMENSALISMA relationship between organisms in which
one species benefits and the other species
neither benefits nor is harmed by the
interaction
 Key words: one benefits, one unaffected
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EXAMPLE OF
COMMENSALISM:
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A shark and a remora
The remora benefits
because it gets pieces
of leftover food and
the shark is unaffected
20. PARASITISM

A relationship
between organisms in
which one species
benefits and the other
is harmed by the
interaction
Key words: one
benefits, one is
harmed
MORE EXAMPLES OF
PARASITISM:
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A human with lice
The lice benefits
because it gets food
and a place to live on
the human. The human
is harmed
A cat and roundworm
is another example.
Who benefits? Who’s
harmed?
21. PARASITE
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An organism that lives
off the energy of other
living things
The “bad guy” in
parasitism
The flea is a parasite
MORE EXAMPLES OF A
PARASITE:
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The roundworm is a
parasite in the example
of a cat and a
roundworm
Lice is the parasite in
the human and lice
example of parasitism
22. HOSTAn organism that a parasite lives in or gets
nourishment from
 The “good guy” in the examples of
parasitism
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EXAMPLES OF HOSTS:
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The human in the
human and lice
example
The cat in the cat and
roundworm example
Ring worm on a human
Tapeworm In a rabbit
Tapeworm
Heart worm in a dog
Common NC Deer tick
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