In Exchange for Food and Housing, the Ants in the Ant-Acacia

question 44

Multiple Choice

In exchange for food and housing, the ants in the ant-Acacia symbiotic association

• A) act as herbivores on the Acacia.
• B) neither benefit nor harm the Acacia.
• C) attack herbivores that attempt to eat Acacia leaves.
• D) kill plants that attempt to compete with the Acacia for water and nutrients.
• E) both attack herbivores and kill competing plants.

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