Which of the following is an example of symbiosis?Group of answer choicesA flea lives on a dog and feeds on its blood.All of the aboveBarnacles attached to the skin of a whale ride through the water gathering food.A sea anemone protects a clownfish, and the clownfish chases attackers away from the sea anemone.
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Which of the following is an example of symbiosis?Group of answer choicesA flea lives on a dog and feeds on its blood.All of the aboveBarnacles attached to the skin of a whale ride through the water gathering food.A sea anemone protects a clownfish, and the clownfish chases attackers away from the sea anemone.
Solution
All of the above. Each example provided is a form of symbiosis.
A flea living on a dog and feeding on its blood is an example of parasitism, a type of symbiosis where one organism (the flea) benefits at the expense of the other (the dog).
Barnacles attaching to the skin of a whale and riding through the water gathering food is an example of commensalism, a type of symbiosis where one organism (the barnacle) benefits and the other (the whale) is neither helped nor harmed.
A sea anemone protecting a clownfish, and the clownfish chasing attackers away from the sea anemone is an example of mutualism, a type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit.
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