A Lichen Is Actually Composed Of Two Organisms: A Fungi And A Blue-Green Algae. Both Organisms Benefit From This Relationship. What Would We Call This

A lichen is actually composed of two organisms: a fungi and a blue-green algae. Both organisms benefit from this relationship. What would we call this relationship?

a) mutualism

b) parasitism

c) predation

Answer:

a) Mutualism

Explanation:

Mutualism describes  the ecological reaction between two or more species wherein those species equally benefit from each other.

Parasitism is an ecological reaction in which a parasite enters its host and harms its host in one wau or another

and Predation is the ecological reaction which conforms to the food web describing the hierarchy  in which the predator feeds off the prey (e.g. tiger eating a rabbit)


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