-alisms
Zoozanthelae and coral work together to carry out photosynthesis and provide nutrients.
What is mutualism?
Where an organism typically lives. It is characterized by physical and chemical features.
What is a habitat?
The viceroy's orange and black coloration that is similar to that of the monarch's is an example of this.
What is mimicry?
When two species evolve in parallel, adapting to each other's defenses and survival strategies
What is coevolution?
This type of soil will not form a ball
What is sand?
A deer and chickadee live in the same habitat, but rarely interact in their search for food and shelter.
What is neutralism?
A group of different species living together in the same habitat.
This type of coloration has evolved to indicate the undesirableness of a prey species.
This plant has famously "manipulated" humans into planting it, caring for it, and even helping it reproduce
What is corn?
This type of soil can produce a strong ribbon before breaking
What is clay?
A deer tick latches on to a variety of mammals, often spreading disease in the process.
What is parasitism (an antagonistic community interaction)?
A group of the same species living together in the same habitat.
What is a population?
When organisms are able to display adaptations in form, patterning, color, or behavior in order to escape detection
What is camouflage?
This large herbivore, although a grazer, was actually a net producer of soils in the American west
What is the bison?
This type of soil only makes a weak ribbon and feels very gritty
What is sandy loam?
A moose tramples vegetation as it moves through the forest.
What is amensalism?
The full range of physical and biological conditions under which individuals live and reproduce.
What is a niche?
When a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species
What is Batesian mimicry?
This test evaluates whether a behavior is beneficial to the biotic community
What is the Aldo Leopold test?
This type of clay is very silky smooth
What is silty clay?
Barnacles grow on whales, causing no apparent harm to the whales.
What is commensalism?
A category of competition that is between two or more different species?
What is interspecific competition?
When two undersirable prey species exhibit similarities in color or form.
What is Mullerian mimicry?
This plant uses chemicals to call in a "hit man" when attacked by predators
What is the lima bean?
This type of soil forms a medium size ribbon, is not very gritty, and feels rather smooth
What is silty clay loam?