Question

Which of the following demonstrates a mutualistic relationship?

Question 12 options:

A clownfish living inside a sea anenome


A tick drinking the blood of a deer


barnacles living on the underbelly of a whale


A tapeworm living inside a puppies digestive tract

Question 13 (1 point)
An organism like a bird, who gives birth to moderate numbers of offsprings, shows a little bit of parental care, and whos mortality rate is fairly consistent for all ages in the population would demostrate which type of survivorship curve?

Question 13 options:

Type 1


Type 2


Type 3

Answer 1

For **Question 12**, the option that demonstrates a mutualistic relationship is:

**A clownfish living inside a sea anemone.**

In this relationship, the clownfish gets protection from predators by living among the anemone's stinging tentacles, while the anemone benefits from the clownfish's presence, as they help keep it clean and may provide nutrients through their waste.

For **Question 13**, an organism like a bird that gives birth to moderate numbers of offspring, shows a little bit of parental care, and has a fairly consistent mortality rate for all ages in the population would demonstrate:

**Type 2** survivorship curve.

Type 2 survivorship curves indicate a relatively constant chance of survival throughout an organism's life; mortality is fairly uniform across ages.