Question

A worm is living inside a cow and stealing nutrients from the cow's body, causing the cow to become malnourished. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

A. Two or more organisms looking for the same resource
B. Adults outcompeting offspring for resources
C. Organisms from the same species looking for the same resource
D. Organisms from different species looking for the same resource

Answer 1

Option B, Adults out competing offspring for resources

Step-by-step explanation:

In a symbiotic relationship two species/organisms live together in a mutual relationship in which either

a) Both of the species get benefitted

b) One of the species get benefitted and the other species get harmed

c) One of the species get benefitted and the other species is neither harmed nor benefited.

In this case , the worm with in the cow's body get benefited while the cow herself gets harmed as her food is stolen.

Hence, option B is correct.