Vocabulary
What is a predator
What type of symbiosis is this an example of:
Green algae and fungus depend on each other, the fungus gets nutrients from the algae and the algae gets water and nutrients from the fungus.
What is mutualism
True or False: Organisms mimic warning colorations even though they are not poisonous.
What is true
How do cattle provide insects for cattle egrets?
What is when they walk they stir up insects for the egrets to eat.
The organism that is harmed in a parasitic relationship
What is the host
Different species competing for resources
What is interspecies competition
What type of symbiosis is this an example of:
The shrimp is immune to the stinging tentacles of the sea anenomae and hides near it to be protected from predators.
What is commensalism
Give an example of an organism that exhibits both mimicry and camouflage.
What isa stick bug or leaf bug.
Remora fish and sharks are an example of parastism.
What is false. This is an example of commensalism.
An organism that eats both plants and animals
What is a omnivore
When an organisms changes/adjusts to its ecosystem
What is adaptation
What type of symbiosis is this an example of:
West Nile Virus infects the crows that eat virus-carrying mosquitos.
What is parasitism
How is the mimicry of eyespots different than other types of mimicry?
What is eye spots are used to make animals look bigger than they are.
Parasitism is
What is when one organism is harmed and the other is helped.
Two species cannot coexist if they occupy the same exact niche
What is the competitive exclusion principle
The original organism that is being copied
What is a model
What type of symbiosis is this an example of:
The gall insect lays eggs in an oak tree, causing a lump that isn't harmful to the tree. It also gets shelter and food from the tree.
What is commensalism.
The mimicking organism is called the model.
What is false. It is called the mimic.
Give an example of a mutualistic relationship
Answers will vary but both organism need to benefit.
When species divide a niche to avoid competition
What is resource partitioning
The position an organism plays in the whole ecosystem
What is ecological niche
What type of symbiosis is this an example of:
The tapeworm attaches to the intestinal wall of the dog and uses nutrients that are absorbed by the dog.
What is parasitism
True or false: The mimic octopus can mimic other organisms well because it can change its color and shape.
What is true.
How do tapeworms stop themselves from being "pooped out" of an animals digestive system?
What is they have hooks that it uses to attach itself to the intestines of organisms.
The organism that is being fooled by the mimic
What is the dupe