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Mutualism: ants defend the acacia tree and the tree provides ants with food, oxpecker bird eats ticks and pests on the backs of rhinos, a honeybee pollinates a flower, (+/+) the relationship benefits both organisms involved, Commensalism: tree frogs use plants as protection, the remora attaches to sharks and feeds off their leftovers, barnacles hitch a ride on whales for food and a habitat, orchids grow on the branches of other trees, (+/o) one species benefits and the other neither benefits nor is it harmed, Parasitism: an isopod attaches to and kills the tongue of a fish and feeds on its blood, ticks consume the blood of their host animal, tapeworm attaches to the intestine in a human, (+/-) a non-mutualistic relationship where one species lives off of and harms the host species, Predation: a lion chases and kills a hyena, a turtle eats a jellyfish, a barracuda feeds on the eggs of small fish #nemo, (+/-) an interaction where one organism hunts and kills an other organism for food, Competition: antelope and zebra use the same water pond, lions, hyena, and vultures, share a zebra carcass, woodpeckers and squirrels build nest sites in the same tree, (-/-) individuals of different species need to use the same resource in an ecosystem to survive,

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