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A snake strikes and injects venom into the prairie dog. The snake might wait for the prairie dog to die before swallowing it. What type of relationship do the snake and the prairie dog have?

Question 7 options:

A.Competition, because snakes and coyotes, both eat prairie dogs


B.Parasitism, because the snake feeds off the prairie dog.


C.Predation, because the prairie dog provides food for the snake.


D.Mutualism, because the prairie dog provides food for the snake.

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Answer:

b.because parasitism means what the passage is about

Step-by-step explanation:

a. wrong because it says nothing about coyotes in the passage

c,and d wrong because they are pretty much saying the same thing

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Answer:

C. Predation, because the prairie dog provides food for the snake

Explanation: The prairie dog is the snakes prey

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