What is the term for a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other organism is neither helped nor harmed?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Commensalism
- Step 1: Commensalism is an ecological interaction where one species derives benefit (e.g., food, shelter, locomotion) without exerting any positive or negative effect on the host organism (e.g., barnacles on whales, remora fish with sharks).
Answer
Commensalism.
Why not the others: 'Mutualism' benefits both participating species (); 'Parasitism' benefits one at the expense and harm of the other (); 'Predation' involves one organism killing and consuming another.
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