Question

Remoras, or scker fish, attach themselves to sharks and travel with them. When the sharks feed, the remora detach themselves and feed on pieces of fish the sharks left behind. What two types of interactions are described in this scenario?

a.
Predation and commensalism
b.
Predation and mutualism
c.
Competition and parasitism
d.
Competition and commensalism

Answer 1

The answer is predation and commensalism
the shark is not affected by the fish feeding on its left overs, but the fish benefits from it

Answer 2

The right option is; a. Predation and commensalism

Predation is an interaction between organisms in which one organism (the predator) benefits from another organism (the prey), while commensalism is also an interaction between organisms of different species in which one species benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter. From the question, the remoras benefits from the relationship by living on sharks and feeding on the leftovers of the sharks, but the sharks are not affected in any way. The relationship describes predation and commensalism.