Over the winter the hibiscus plants in your garden were killed by cold winter temperatures. Much to your surprise sunflowers sprouted on their own. That second summer you see lots of goldfinches (small yellow birds) visit the garden to eat the sunflower seeds. What is the ecological relationship between the goldfinches, who eat the sunflower seeds, and the sunflowers?

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The relationship between the goldfinches and the sunflowers is predation because the goldfinches consume the sunflower seeds, benefiting themselves but potentially harming the sunflowers by reducing their ability to reproduce.

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