An association between two individuals or populations where both benefit and neither can survive without the other is

competition

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commensalism

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mutualism

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Amensalism

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Solution

The correct option is C
mutualism

Mutualism is the association that is mutually beneficial for both the organisms and the relationship is crucial for the existence of their species. For eg. bees and flowers, without the bees plants do not have pollinators for propagation of their species and without flowers the bees do not have sustenance. Competition unlike mutualism is a relationship that is harmful for both the species involved. Commensalism on the other hand is a relationship that is beneficial to one organism while the other is unaffected; for eg. the sea anemone and the clown fish. Ammensalism unlike commensalism harms one of the partners in the relationship while the other is unaffected, for eg. antibiotics produced by some fungi that kills the bacteria.

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Q. Assertion :In obligate mutualism both the population are benefitted and neither can survive under natural condition without other. Reason: Both populations are benefitted by the association but their relationships are not obligatory.

Which of the following statements regarding species interdependence are true?
I. An association of two species where one is benefitted and the other remains unaffected is called mutualism
II. An interspecific association where both partners derive benefit from each other is called as commensalism.
III. A direct food relation between two species of animals in which one kills and feeds on another is known as predation.
IV. Neutralism is where neither population affects the other.

Q. In both commensalism and amensalism only one species benefits and the interaction is detrimental to the other species

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