Question

Consider the following statements: 

1. Interactions between the two organism in which one organism kills sand feed on the second organisms, is called Parasitism. 

2. Mutualism is the way two organisms of different species biologically interact in a relationship in which each individual derives a fitness benefit.

Which of the statements given above is/are true? 

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 1 and 2 both (d) None

Answer 1

(b) In Parasitism, the parasite does not kill the host rather it derives its nutrition from the host in which the later is not affected. The interaction in which an organism kills the other for food is called Predation.