Post on 19-Jan-2016
Symbiotic Relationships
By: Courtney, Ben, and Julio
2 Types of Symbiotic Relationships
Obligate Symbiosis
Can't survive without each other
Facultative Symbiosis
Live together by choice
Symbiosis
Definition: interaction between two different organisms living in close to each other, typically advantageous to both.
Mutualism
Definition: The Rule that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being. Symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.
Commensalism
Definition: a bond among 2 organisms in which 1 benefits and the other stays neutral.
Parasitism
Definition: non-mutual symbiotic relationship between 2 species where 1 organism benefits at the expense of the other.