A sheep eating by pulling the plant out of the ground is an example of
A) parasitism.
B) predation.
C) commensalism.
D) mutualism.
E) competitive exclusion.

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Predation involves one organism (the predator) killing and consuming another organism (the prey). In this scenario, the sheep is consuming the plant by pulling it out of the ground, therefore it is an example of predation. Parasitism involves one organism benefiting at the expense of another organism, commensalism involves one organism benefiting while the other is neither helped nor harmed, mutualism involves two organisms benefiting from each other, and competitive exclusion involves two species competing for the same resources and one species being excluded from the ecosystem.

A Sheep Eating by Pulling the Plant Out of the Ground