Question

question 9 points 2
the army ant colony, while traveling on the forest floor, stir up various flying insect
species. as various insects fly away from the army ants, the birds following the ants
catch and eat the fleeing insects. while the birds benefit from this relationship, the
ants are unaffected. which relationship is exhibited between the birds and army ants?

parasitism

mutualism

commensalism

predators and prey

Explanation:

1. Analyze each option:

• Parasitism: One organism benefits at the expense of the other (the host is harmed). In this case, the ants are not harmed, so this is incorrect.
• Mutualism: Both organisms benefit. Here, only the birds benefit and the ants are unaffected, so this is incorrect.
• Commensalism: One organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. The birds benefit from the ants' activity (getting insects to eat), and the ants are unaffected. This matches.
• Predator - prey: Involves one organism killing and eating another. The birds are not preying on the ants, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

Commensalism (the option corresponding to Commensalism, e.g., if the options are labeled as A. Parasitism, B. Mutualism, C. Commensalism, D. Predators and prey, then the answer is C. Commensalism)