16. A plant in a tropical rainforest produces seeds that ants need to build their mound or punso. The ants collect as many seeds as they can carry, but some are left on the forest floor to germinate into the next generation of this plant. Which symbiotic relationship shows the interaction between plants and ants? A. predation B. mutualism C. parasitism D. commensalism

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16. A plant in a tropical rainforest produces seeds that ants need to build their mound or punso. The ants collect as many seeds as they can carry, but some are left on the forest floor to germinate into the next generation of this plant. Which symbiotic relationship shows the interaction between plants and ants? A. predation B. mutualism C. parasitism D. commensalism​

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B. MutualismThis is mutualism because both the plant and the ants benefit. The ants use the seeds to build their mound, and the leftover seeds help grow new plants.

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