Question

when an insect touches the bristles on the lobes of a venus flytrap, the lobes close quickly, engulfing the insect. the movement of the insect inside the lobes causes the flytrap to secrete digestive enzymes that kill the insect. which type of relationship does this describe?
○ competition
○ parasitism
○ predation
○ commensalism

Explanation:

To determine the relationship, we analyze each option:

• Competition: Involves organisms competing for resources (not the case here).
• Parasitism: One organism benefits at the expense of another, but the parasite usually doesn't kill the host immediately or consume it entirely (Venus flytrap kills and digests the insect, so not parasitism).
• Predation: One organism (predator) kills and eats another (prey). The Venus flytrap (predator) catches, kills, and digests the insect (prey), matching predation.
• Commensalism: One organism benefits, the other is unaffected (not applicable here as the insect is killed).

Answer:

C. predation