Question

Choose a symbiotic relationship from the list below. Research the relationship and write a 300 word report that includes the benefits of the relationship for either member, the harm done by the relationship and how this relationship has evolved. If the relationship was suddenly to stop what would happen to each member of the relationship?. bees and flowers coral and algae (dinoflagellates) remoras and sharks microorganisms and human intestines ticks and deer

Answer 1

Symbiotic Relationships : A long term relationship between two biotic factors, where at least one benefits

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Mutualism= symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit (+,+) o Example- rhino & woodpecker (rhino gets rid of parasites and bird gets food) 

Parasitism = symbiotic relationship where one benefits and the other is harmed, but not typically to the point of death (+,-) o Example- tapeworm in an animal, tick or flea on a dog (parasite benefits at the expense of the host) 

Commensalism = symbiotic relationship where one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed (+, 0) o Example- barnacles on a scallop (barnacles get a habitat/place to attach while the scallop is not hurt or helped by their presence).

Symbiotic Relationships:

In symbiosis, two or more species live together in a close, long term association. Symbiotic relationships can be beneficial to both organisms or may benefit one organism and leave the other harmed or unaffected. Parasitism is one type of symbiotic relationship that is detrimental to, or harms, the host organism. In this relationship, one organism feeds on and usually lives in another, typically larger, organism. Mutualism is a symbiotic relationship in which both participating species benefit. A well known instance of mutualism involves ants and aphids. The ants feed on fluid the aphids secrete, and in exchange, the ants protect the aphids from insect predators. A third from of symbiosis is commensalism, a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped. Among the best-known examples of commensalism are the feeding and protection relationships between certain small tropical fishes and sea anemones, marine animals that have stinging tentacles.

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Answer 2

Coral provide habitat and nutrients to the algae. The food prepared by algae is consumed by the corals and waste excreted by the coral in the form of ammonium is used by algae as nutrients.

Step-by-step explanation:

I opted to explain the symbiotic relationship between coral and algae.

Both the algae and coral get benefitted in the mutualistic symbiotic relationship.

Algae consists of chlorophyll that helps them in carrying out photosynthesis and thus they are able to produce food by capturing sunlight. However, coral provide habitat and nutrients to the algae. The food prepared by algae is consumed by the corals and waste excreted by the coral in the form of ammonium is used by algae as nutrients.

The algae also impart color to the corals due to the green pigment present in them. Due to this symbiotic relationship, the nutrients keep on rotating with in the coral reefs instead of entering into the sea or ocean.

These coral then build reefs which is quick and easy while being in a symbiotic relationship with algae as algae helps in formation of calcium carbonates .

The algae named zooxanthellae live with in the tissue cells of the reef building corals. Along with food Zooxanthellae also produces oxygen and organic compounds like glucose, glycerol, and amino acid which are used by coral to produce proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, and calcium carbonate