Match the example to the type of symbiosis. A bird nests in a tree. The tree is

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Match the example to the type of symbiosis. A bird nests in a tree. The tree is unaffected. Corals provide housing for an intracellular algae, and the algae provides food for the corals. A bird drops its egg into the nest of another bird species, and the nesting bird takes care of the hatchling. A tapeworm living in the gut of an animal feeds on food as it travels through the digestive system. leaving less food for the host animal. A bee withdraws nectar from a flower collecting pollen on its body as it feeds. It then visits another flower to feed, delivering pollen to the neighboring flower.

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Answer a) A bird nests in a tree. The tree is unaffected - Commensalism because the bird is getting benefited but the tree is unaffected.

b) Corals provide housing for intracellular algae, and the algae provide food for the corals - Muatualism because both are getting benefited.

c) A bird drops its egg into the nest of another bird species, and the nesting bird takes care of the hatchling - parasitism because the other bird's eggs are acting as a parasite for the nesting bird. this is an example of brood parasitism.

d)A tapeworm living in the gut of an animal feeds on food as it travels through the digestive system. leaving less food for the host animal - Parasitism because the tapeworm is a harming the host as its parasite. this is an example of endoparasite.

e)A bee withdraws nectar from a flower collecting pollen on its body as it feeds. It then visits another flower to feed, delivering pollen to the neighboring flower - Mutualism because both the bee and flower are getting benefited.

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