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In most cases the parasite is getting the benefit. While sometimes they both benefit, it is rare for the host to be the only one of the two organisms to gain benefit.

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A symbiotic relationship in which one organism is helped and the other is harmed?

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What term best describes a symbiotic relationship in which one is helped and the other is harmed?

A parasitic relationship, which you describe, is not symbiotic. A symbiotic relationship is one which is beneficial to both entities.


Is symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is harmed?

*parasitism is where one animal is helped while other is harmed* commensalism is where one is helped and other is not really affected mutualism is where both animals are helped


How is the relationship between bees and trees a parasitic one?

More symbiotic than parasitic.


With what species does the grey whale have a parasitic relationship with?

It has no parasitic relationship whatsoever.


A symbiotic relationship in which one organsim benefits and the other is harmed is called?

a parasitic relationship


What a parasitic relationship?

One species benefits and other is harmed


What is the symbiotic relationship called when one organism is helped and the other organism is harmed?

That wouldn't be symbiosis. This situation is parasitism.


What is the habitat of the spruce tree and the mistletoe?

This relationship is parasitic. This relationship is parasitic.


What is the difference between a parasitic and mutualistic relationship?

Both are a relationship between two organisms, called a symbiotic relationship. A parasitic relationship is when one organism gains at the other organism's expense. An example of a parasitic relationship is a tick. A mutualistic relationship is when both organisms gain from each other. An example of this would be honeybees and flowering plants.


What is the relationship with a dog and a tapeworm?

A parasitic one. The host is harmed, the invader benefits.


What are symbiotic relationship of malaria and people?

It is a parasitic relationship.