How do animals help flowering plants reproduce? How do the animals benefit?

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Welcome back. Let's look at our next question. It says which of the following pairs best describes a mutual ist IQ relationship that exists between plants and animals. Let's recall from our content video what a mutual ist IQ relationship is. That's a symbiotic relationship between organisms where both organisms benefit from the relationship. So with that in mind let's look to our answer choices. Keeping in mind that choice D. Is all of the above. So the chance that all of them will be examples of a mutual relationship choice A says tree frog on plants in the rainforest, tree frogs will shelter beneath the leafy plants or trees to stay out of the rain. So this benefits the frog but it has no effect on the tree or the plant doesn't benefit, it doesn't harm it. So this is not a mutual relationship. So we can rule out choice A. This is a relationship called commence cell. Is um where one member of the relationship benefits and the other member is neither harmed nor has any benefit because we eliminated choice A. We can also eliminate choice D. All of the above. Since that's now we know that won't be our answer choice B. Says aphids on plants. Well aphids are sap sucking insects and if enough of them are feeding on a plant, it will injure it or even kill it. So this is obviously not a mutual relationship, eliminate that. This is a parasitic relationship where one member of the relationship benefits and the other is harmed. So we're left with a choice. See honeybees on flowering plants and this is our answer. This is a mutual relationship. The honeybees benefit because they as they get nectar they obtain that's a food source, and the plants benefit because the honeybees have get the pollen on them and then carry it on to other plants um therefore pollinating the plants. So this is a good description of a mutual relationship between plants and animals. Choice C honeybees on flowering plants. See you in the next video.

How do animals help flowering plants reproduce? How do the animals benefit?

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Key Concepts

Pollination

Mutualism

Seed Dispersal