Word Wise
A relationship where two different species live together and interact
What is symbiosis?
An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism.
What is a predator?
Bees pollinate flowers while getting nectar.
What is mutualism?
In a cold ecosystem, who would likely survive better: a polar bear or a jaguar? Why?
Polar bear—adapted to cold.
Commensalism harms only one species.
False
The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.
What is competition?
An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator.
What is prey?
A tapeworm lives inside a dog and steals its nutrients.
What is parasitism?
Two birds eat the same insect species. What happens if insects become scarce?
They compete—may lead to one leaving or dying.)
What do you call the animal that gets eaten in a predator-prey relationshio?
The prey
Characteristics that allow an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
What are adaptations?
How does camouflage help an animal survive?
It helps it hide from predators or sneak up on prey.
Barnacles attach to whales and get free rides. The whale is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
A predator evolves sharper claws. What impact does this have on its competition?
It may outcompete others for food.
An animal loses its camouflage due to a mutation. What might happen?
More likely to be eaten and less likely to catch food.
A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.
What is a population?
A camel’s ability to store fat in its hump helps it survive where?
In the desert, where water is scarce.
An oxpecker bird eats ticks off a zebra's back.
What is mutualism?
How does night vision give an owl an advantage over a hawk?
It can hunt at night when the hawk can’t.
The oxpecker bird eats ticks off a buffalo.
The different populations that live together in a defined area.
What is a community?
Poison frog’s color warns predators
An example of an animal adaptation that helps avoid being eaten.
A mistletoe plant attaches to a tree and draws water from it.
What is parasitism?
Why might a brightly colored poison frog survive better than a dull-colored one?
Its color warns predators—it avoids being eaten.
Predators adapt speed and agility to catch their prey.
How can predators adapt to catch prey?