I just found this in my archives while brainstorming for next week’s theme week, high school tips and tricks. It’s back from freshman year, and I think it’s hilarious. Also, weirdly helpful.
Commensalism is where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. I could compare that to…Â an every day psychiatrist and his/her patient. The patient will be affected in some way or form, but to the psychiatrist, the patient is just another, well, patient.
Mutualism is where both species benefit. I would compare this to a good relationship or a strong friendship.
Paratisism is where one species benefits at the other’s expense. This I would irrevocably compare to the ‘friendship’ between me and Dylan, or a bad relationship where one person is only using the other shamelessly until they are no longer needed.
Also; ionic bonds are when an element gives up some of its electrons, or its personality, in order to bond with another element. Such as; a relationship where one person changes drastically to please the other.
Covalent bonds are where the two elements share electrons to bond, rather than give them up. This is a good way of describing a healthy relationship.
Hydrogenic bonds (I think that’s what they are) are very weak bonds. This I would compare to a relationship where both people are only dating for social reasons, or because neither one can think of a way to break it off, so they’re basically stuck there.
