Symbiotic Relationships

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Symbiotic Relationships

• 8th Grade Science

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Symbiotic Relationships

• A relationship that exists between two
  different things that live together in direct
  contact.
• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Commensalism

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Parasitism

• A symbiotic relationship in which one organism
  (the parasite) benefits at the expense of the
  other organism (the host).
• In general the parasite does not kill the host.
• (One animal benefits and the other is hurt)

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Mutualism

• A symbiotic relationship when both organisms
  benefit.

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Commensalism

• A symbiotic relationship in which one organism
  benefits and the other is unharmed or unaffected.