Two plants (A and B) of different species are growing together in the same pot. When plant A is removed and grown in a separate pot, it rapidly grows much taller than it had been before, while plant B dies. Which term describes the type of relationship that plants A and B most likely had?
- Mutualism
Plant B dies without its host (plant A) around it, while the host can grow larger in the new pot, no longer weakened by the presence of the parasitic plant - Commensalism
A polymorphism is not a word that describes a relationship between two different species, but rather indicates that a particular trait (e.g. coloration) exists only as discrete variations in a population (in other words: black or white but no combination or continuous blending of those colors). - Competition
- Parasitism
- Polymorphism
Answer(s): D
Explanation:
It is likely that plant B was a parasite of plant
A) Plant B dies without its host (plant A) around it, while the host can grow larger in the new pot, no longer weakened by the presence of the parasitic plant
B) A polymorphism is not a word that describes a relationship between two different species, but rather indicates that a particular trait (e.g. coloration) exists only as discrete variations in a population (in other words: black or white but no combination or continuous blending of those colors).