Who benefits in this relationship??

What kind of relationship do you see?

Who is harmed in this relationship?

Terms

• Habitat is the actual place an animal lives.

• Niche is the way of life of an animal; the role in plays in life with all the other animals.

• Symbiosis is a close and long term relationship between two different species

Three types of Symbiosis

1. Mutualism is a partnership between two species in which both species benefit.

2. Commensalism is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.

3. Parasitism is a relationship between a parasite (organism that lives on the other) and a host (the one the parasite gets its nourishment).