Question

station 2
1 what type of relationship is this?
2 epiphytic plants require carbon to produce glucose through photosynthesis. where does the carbon come from for the synthesis of these glucose molecules?
spanish moss is an epiphytic plant that gets moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and dust around it. this type of moss hangs in high branches of oak trees for support and in order to receive more sunlight, but the moss does not harm it.

Explanation:

1. Epiphytic plants like Spanish - moss hanging on oak trees and not harming them while getting support and sunlight is a commensalism relationship. In commensalism, one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
2. In photosynthesis, plants use carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as the source of carbon to produce glucose.

Answer:

1. Commensalism
2. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere