Define the different forms of community interaction: competition, commensalism, mutualism, predation, parasitism Give an example and a picture for each
Competition
Interaction that can occur between individuals or species as they attempt to use the same, limited resources, particularly energy, nutrients or space
Bees competes to get honey.
Mutualism -beneficial to both species
Actually a two-way exploitation. Food is beneficial to both species.
Predators
Predators kill and eat other organisms
Spiders kill bees to eat. 
Parasitism - one organism benefits by feeding on another
Fungus 
Commensalism -one benefits but the other is neither helped or harmed
Birds using certain trees as roosting sites or barnacles attaching to the skin of a whale
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