Define the following terms : Parasitism
Parasitism is a relationship between two species where one, the parasitic species, benefits at the expense of the other, known as the host, by causing harm.
Natural world around us shows amazing diversity of forms and complexity of relations. To understand these, we have to study levels of organization in the living world viz. macromolecules, cells, tissues, organs, individual organism, population, communities, ecosystems and biomes.
Parasitism is a relationship between two species where one, the parasitic species, benefits at the expense of the other, known as the host, by causing harm.
Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship where one species benefits while the other remains unaffected, experiencing neither harm nor benefit.