Purchase Solution

Life on Earth: Interdependence

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

All living organisms are dependent upon another at some point during their life cycle. Some of these dependencies are essential to the survival of an organism. Such an intimate dependency is described as a symbiotic relationship.

Can you please describe a symbiotic relationship. Can you please also include the organisms involved, describe how they interrelate, and name the type of symbiotic relationship which you are describing.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

In about 230 words, this solution discusses the concept of symbiosis and provides an introduction to the four different types of symbiotic relationships. Examples for each type of relationship are also provided.

Solution Preview

Symbiotic Relationships occur when two organisms live side by side. Symbiosis may be divided into two distinct categories: ectosymbiosis and endosymbiosis. In ectosymbiosis, the symbiont lives on the body surface of the host, including the inner surface of the digestive tract or the ducts of exocrine glands. In endosymbiosis, the symbiont lives in the intracellular space of the ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
The Plant Body

This quiz will test your knowledge of the anatomy of a common plant.

Understanding the Musculoskeletal system

Introduce and understand basic information how the skeletal system and muscular system work in close concert with one another. And how their interaction between muscle and bone, as they work together to allow us movement.

Basic Immunology Quiz

Intro to immuno quiz. Covers the basics of immunology and recognition of foreign substances by the body.

Feeding Babies

Do you know the science behind feeding babies? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

The Transfer of Energy in an Ecosystem

This quiz will assess your knowledge of how energy is transferred in an ecosystem and the different levels of trophic organization.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Using Business Technologies

    Compare and contrast three types of task interdependence. 2. Describe a real-life example of how departments work interdependently in both a manufacturing and service-based organization. 3.

  • Interpersonal Relationships and Interdependence - How do these relate to each other?

    In my own opinion, the emotional attachment between partners (example: husband and wife, life partners) and between parent-child categorizes it as an intimate relationship.

  • Attachment, intimacy, and belonging

    Interdependence thus imposes inevitable restrictions on one's autonomous goal pursuits. People must compromise their personal interests to accommodate to their partner ( Van Lange et al., 1997).

  • Globalization controversy

    He believes that the modern world-system is one that originated in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, expanded to incorporate all the other territories on the earth, and has today reached the point of structural crisis, during which it is transforming

  • Cultural and Economic Implications of Globalization

    He believes that the modern world-system is one that originated in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, expanded to incorporate all the other territories on the earth, and has today reached the point of structural crisis, during which it is transforming

  • Competing Theories for the Origins of Life on Earth

    Panspermia is the scientific theory which states that life on Earth came from outer space. In this theory, it is proposed that life on Earth existed on another planet and then moved to Earth. There are several different scenarios for this theory.

  • How do we know that someone living on Mars, could live on Earth?

    178207 How do we know that someone living on Mars, could live on Earth? When they look at life on another planet, I think that the base is Earth, how does it compare to the atmosphere on Earth?

  • Ecological balance

    While there are streams and springs with sources from deep underground, rainwater is a huge percentage of freshwater source on earth and is a huge factor in maintaining life on earth. Life on earth lives in an ecosystem.

  • Expansion of the Universe and Big Bang Theory

    290040 1) Does the fact that the entire galaxy was involved in bringing forth life on Earth change your perspective of Earth or life in any way? Explain.

View More Related Solutions