Food Intolerance Occurs

question 69

Multiple Choice

Food intolerance occurs

• A) in everyone.
• B) with picky eaters.
• C) in overeaters.
• D) if the digestive system lacks a digestive enzyme.

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Definitions:

Competition

The interaction between organisms or species, where the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another.

Commensalism

A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits from the association while the other is neither benefited nor harmed.

Chemical Defenses

Strategies used by organisms to produce substances that deter predators or infections through toxic or repellent properties.

Interference Competition

A form of competition where organisms directly interact with each other, preventing access to resources by means such as physical fighting or chemical interference.