Types of Symbiosis
Both organisms benefit in this type of relationship.
Mutualism
This term describes a chain reaction of changes in an ecosystem.
ripple effect
This word means the variety of living things in an ecosystem.
Biodiversity
This means repairing and rebuilding an ecosystem.
Ecosystem restoration
This type of symbiosis helps one organism while the other is unaffected.
Commensalism
If bees disappear, this happens first to flowers.
Flowers cannot be pollinated (and would die)
Ecosystems with more biodiversity are generally more ____ and stable.
strong / healthy
This must be included in restoration to stop damage from happening again.
preventing future harm
In this relationship, one organism benefits while the other is harmed.
Parasitism
If pollination decreases, this happens to fruit production.
less fruit grows / fruits start to die
This happens when all members of a species die out.
extinction
These organisms are restored first because many others depend on them.
Foundation Species
This type of symbiosis describes the relationship between a bee and a flower.
Mutualism
When one organism disappears, other organisms may lose_________.
food / shelter / protection
Which ecosystem is more stable: one with many species or one with few species?
many species
This is one cause of disruption that includes chemicals harming ecosystems.
pollution
This type of symbiosis describes the relationship between a tick and a dog.
Parasitism
After wolves were removed from Yellowstone, this animal population increased.
elk
When bees go extinct, this group of organisms loses a major food source first.
herbivores (plant-eaters)
In a polluted pond, this happens after algae grows and oxygen drops.
fish die / frogs die