Relationships in an ecosystem
What is mutualism?
When both species benefit
What are the two types of waves?
Transverse
Longitudinal
What does abiotic mean?
Non-Living
What is parasitism?
When one organism benefits and the other is harmed
What is it called when a wave bounces off a boundary?
Reflection
What does biotic mean?
Living
What is commensalism?
When one organism is benefiting and the other is neither being helped or harmed.
What is it called when a wave passes straight through a boundary.
Transmitted
What is an apex predator?
An organism that hunts other organisms and is not hunted by other organisms.
What is predation?
When an organism eats another organism to obtain nutrients.
What is the line that splits a transverse wave in half?
Line of Equilibrium
What is resource availability?
Whether or not resources are available in an ecosystem.
What is competition and what do they fight over?
When an organism competes over food, territory, or a mate.
Draw and title a transverse wave.
Student response.
List the levels of ecology.
Biosphere, Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Individual