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How many among the following are incorrectly matched related to population interactions?

I. Predation - Pisaster feeding on marine invertebrates
II. Endoparasitism - Lice in human hair
III. Ectoparasitism - Cuscuta growing on other plants
IV. Amensalism - Orchid growing on a mango tree
V. Commensalism - Barnacles growing on the back of a whale

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Solution

The correct option is B 2
Predation is a type of interaction where organisms belonging to one species (the predator) kill and eat organisms belonging to another species (prey). Example - Pisaster, a starfish feeding on marine invertebrates (small crabs, corals, sea anemones, barnacles, etc).

Parasitism is a type of population interaction between two living species in which one organism (the parasite) lives and derives nutrition from another specific organism (the host). It is of the following types:

1. Ectoparasitism - The word ecto means outer. The parasites live on the external surface of the host organism. Example - Ticks on dogs, lice in human hair, Cuscuta growing on green plants, etc.

2. Endoparasitism - The word endo means inner. The parasites live inside the body of host organism.
Example - Liver flukes that parasitise the liver in human beings.

Amensalism is a type of population interaction where one species is harmed and the other is unaffected (-/0 interaction). Example - Antibiotics (like Penicillin) produced by the fungi Penicillium notatum act against bacteria but have no negative or positive effect on the fungi.

Commensalism is a type of population interaction in which one species is benefited while the other is neither harmed nor benefited (+/0 interaction). Example - Orchids growing on a mango tree, barnacles growing on the back of a whale, etc.


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