Scrub-Jays
The state where Scrub-Jays are found
What is Florida?
Organisms work against each other toward the same goal
What is competition?
Scrub-Jays post lookouts for these
What are predators?
A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them
What is an ecosystem?
The tree that Scrub-Jays need to survive
What is the Live Oak Tree?
Bromeliad plants anchor their roots on kapok trees without hurting them
What is an example of commensalism?
The ecosystem that Scrub-Jays are found in
What is the dry oak scrub or scrub lands?
Elements that are living
What are biotic factors?
What Live Oak Trees produce
What are acorns?
Both organisms benefit from having each other around
What is mutualism?
This characteristic of the dry oak scrub allows Scrub-Jays to see predatory snakes and run them off
What is sparse groundcover?
Elements that are nonliving
What are abiotic factors?
Food, disease, nesting sites, parasitism, predation, shelter, space, water, etc.
What are limiting factors?
Leaf cutter ants are eaten by frogs
What is an example of predation?
This characteristic of the dry oak scrub allows Scrub-Jays to collect, store, and eat many acorns
What are many oak trees?
A self-contained living thing
What is an organism?
Each territory only has one of these
What is a mated pair?
Relationships that come at a cost to one or more of the organisms involved
What are parasitism and predation?
This characteristic of the dry oak scrub allows Scrub-Jays to watch for hawks flying over head
What is no tree canopy?
A group of organisms of the same species
What is a population?