Parasites and Mutualism

Question 1

Symbiosis

Answer 1

protracted associations of two different species

Question 2

Parasitism

Answer 2

a symbiosis where one species is negatively affected(holoparasite-lacks ability to photosynthesize) (hemi-parasite-photosynthetic, but still parasitizes)

Question 3

Microparasites

Answer 3

not visible with the naked eye

Question 4

Macroparasites

Answer 4

can be seen with the naked eye

Question 5

Ectoparasite

Answer 5

ecto-outside the host

Question 6

Endoparasite

Answer 6

endo-occur inside host

Question 7

direct transmission

Answer 7

parasite moves from one host to another

Question 8

indirect transmission

Answer 8

parasite moves through intermediate host to get to definitive host where reproduction occurs

Question 9

definitive hosts

Answer 9

may be unaffected, negatively affected

Question 10

intermediate hosts

Answer 10

parasites will reduce they’re survival(make them more susceptible to predation by final host)

Question 11

dilution effect

Answer 11

the more individuals in your group the less of a chance there is of being eaten because the predator eats someone else

Question 12

commensalism

Answer 12

one species benefits, the other is unaffected

Question 13

mutualism

Answer 13

a positive reciprocal relationship between two species that may have evolved from predator-prey ot host-parasite relationships

Question 14

endo-symbiont

Answer 14

an organism having a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with a host organism while living in the host’s body

Question 15

ecto-symbiont

Answer 15

a partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity

Question 16

Parasitic castration

Answer 16

reproductive ability of the host stops due to infection (all the energy that would go to reproduction goes to parasite)