Q: What type of interspecies relationship involves one party being actively harmed?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Symbiosis is a close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefits. Mutualism is a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit. Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is not affected. Parasitism is a symbiotic relationship in which one species (the parasite) benefits while the other species (the host) is harmed.

 Choices:

- mosaicism

- symbiosis

- mutualism

- parasitism


A:
parasitism