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Which of these terms applies to the relationship between a dog and a blood-sucking tick? A) predation B) competition C) parasitism D) commensalism E) mutualism

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No that is parasitism because the tick is sucking blood off the dog for food and is using the dog as a host. If anything, the tick is the predator here, but it is a predator through C) parasitism
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