Symbiosis- having a good relationship with an organism that is completely different from you.
This could be like a human and an animal having a really good relationship.
Mutualism- both organisms in the relationship receiving benefits from that relationship.
This could be like girlfriend and boyfriend relationship where they both love each other very much and they always do the best they can to make each other happy, and they succeed at doing it.
Commensalism- one organism in a relationship receives benefits from that relationship, while the other one is unaffected from that relationship.
This could be like a "friendly" relationship where one person does all the work and the other one copies what they did.
Amensalism- one organism in a relationship is harmed from that relationship, while the other one is unaffected.
This could be like a human and an animal relationship where the animal is always hurting the human but the animal doesn't really care, because it's an animal and they really don't love hurting someone.
Parasitism- one organism in a relationship receives benefits from that relationship (the parasite), while the other one is harmed (the host).
This could like a "romantic" relationship where one of the partners is abusing the other partner.
Pathogen- one organism (the pathogen) in a relationship can cause disease to the other organism (the host) in that relationship which can actually disable or kill the host.
This could be like a relationship where a person has a pet poisonous snake.
This could be like a human and an animal having a really good relationship.
Mutualism- both organisms in the relationship receiving benefits from that relationship.
This could be like girlfriend and boyfriend relationship where they both love each other very much and they always do the best they can to make each other happy, and they succeed at doing it.
Commensalism- one organism in a relationship receives benefits from that relationship, while the other one is unaffected from that relationship.
This could be like a "friendly" relationship where one person does all the work and the other one copies what they did.
Amensalism- one organism in a relationship is harmed from that relationship, while the other one is unaffected.
This could be like a human and an animal relationship where the animal is always hurting the human but the animal doesn't really care, because it's an animal and they really don't love hurting someone.
Parasitism- one organism in a relationship receives benefits from that relationship (the parasite), while the other one is harmed (the host).
This could like a "romantic" relationship where one of the partners is abusing the other partner.
Pathogen- one organism (the pathogen) in a relationship can cause disease to the other organism (the host) in that relationship which can actually disable or kill the host.
This could be like a relationship where a person has a pet poisonous snake.