0
What is a relationship in which one species benefits at the expense of another?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
A symbiotic relationship is when both species need each-other to survive, for example the lynx and the hare. Without the hare the lynx would starve and without the lynx the hare would overpopulate. A parasitic relationship is where one species benefits and one is damaged.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoA relationship between organisms in which on organism benefits at the expense of another is called a parasitic relationship. An example of a parasitic relationship might be a dog that has fleas. The fleas like it, but the dog does not.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoPredation or parasitism.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is a one-way relationship called in which one species benefits at the expense of another?
The relationship between species in which one benefits at the expense of the other is parasitic. An example is a tick attaching itself to an animal and feeding from it.
What is a relationship between two species in which one species the parasite benefits from the other species the host and usually harms the host?
It's called a parasitic relationship when one species benefits and one species is harmed. A simbiotic relationship is when both species benefit.
Relationship in which at least one species benefits?
Commensalism is a relationship in which one species benefits. The other species not unaffected. An example would be when an animal uses a plant or tree for shelter. An American Robin benefits by making its nest in a Red Maple tree. The tree is not affected.
When one species hurts another species to help itself?
Parasitism. It is Any relationship between organisms where one is benefited and the other is harmed. With is what a parasite does. Parasite def. Any organism that has its needs met at the expense of another
What is a species becoming dependent on another species?
That would be the evolution of an exclusive symbiotic or parasitic relationship.
What is a one-way relationship called in which one species benefits at the expense of another?
The relationship between species in which one benefits at the expense of the other is parasitic. An example is a tick attaching itself to an animal and feeding from it.
One species benefits from the relationship at the expense of the other species?
That would be a form of parasitism.
What is the word for relationship that benefits one species and harms another?
It is parasitism
Is the relationship between an unborn child and its mother parasitism?
On the face of it, the relationship does seem to be parasitic, but you must remember that:Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between organisms of different species where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the host.(from Wikipedia)The mother benefits in the long term, because it is propagating the species.
What is all the organisms in an ecosystem?
symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of the other species?
How does the tick benefit off of the elephant in parasitism?
Parasitism is a non mutual symbiotic relationship between species, where one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other. This would be the tick drinking the elephant's blood.
What is a relationship between two species in which one species the parasite benefits from the other species the host and usually harms the host?
It's called a parasitic relationship when one species benefits and one species is harmed. A simbiotic relationship is when both species benefit.
A relationship between organisms where one benefits and one is hurt?
parasitism
Is malaria Paratism commensalism or mutalism?
commensalismIn ecology, commensalism is a class of relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits but the other is unaffected.Malaria is parasitism:Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between organisms of different species where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the host.
Which term describes a relationship in which one species benefits and other species is not harmed?
commensalism
What a parasitic relationship?
One species benefits and other is harmed
What is the relationship in which at least one species benefits?
It is Commensalism
