Relationships Among Organisms Answers

Identify the interaction described below. One organism benefits while the other is killed.

An owl catches a mouse and eats it for dinner.

Two male deer will fight each other for the opportunity to mate with a female.

If the triggerfish population increases, what would happen to the small-fish population?

Tapeworms enter a human’s intestines through contaminated water and steal nutrients from the human.

Remora sharks attach themselves to whales by way of an adhesive disk on their dorsal surface. They then feed on the scraps from the whale’s meals.