Symbiotic Relationships 1
This term describes an organism that hunts and consumes another organism.
What is a predator?
This type of symbiotic relationship benefits both organisms involved.
What is mutualism?
More than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resources
What is competition?
What is population?
animals, plants, dead log, flowers, and insects
What are biotic factors?
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.
What is commensalism?
A bird making a nest in a tree is an example of this type of relationship
What is an example of commensalism?
Something that is needed by organisms and is not abundant in the environment; if it is exhausted, then the organisms that need it cannot survive
What is limited resources?
A group of foxes are roaming in an open field in which a spider, two rabbits and three squirrels are also living.
What is an example of a community in ecosystems?
Air, water, soil, and rocks
What are abiotic factors?
Two plants competing for sunlight in the same area can illustrate this ecological concept.
What is an example of competition for resources?
This term refers to the struggle between organisms for limited resources such as food and space.
What is competition?
The relationship between bees and flowering plants, where bees get nectar and plants get pollinated, is an example of this.
What is an example of mutualism?
sea turtle, fish, and coral reef plus the water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and sunlight
What is an example of an ecosystem?
carbon dioxide and oxygen
What are examples of abiotic factors?
In this type of relationship, one organism benefits while the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
A hawk eating a snake is an example of this type of relationship in an ecosystem.
What is an example of a predator/prey relationship?
This relationship occurs when birds build nests in trees, benefiting from the shelter without affecting the trees.
What is an example of commensalism?
organism
What is a single living thing called?
mold, bacteria, and fungi
What are examples of biotic factors?
This type of species can disrupt local ecosystems by outcompeting native species for resources.
What is an invasive species?
In this type of relationship, tapeworms live in the intestines of mammals, gaining nutrients while harming their hosts.
What is an example of parasitism?
The relationship between ants and aphids, where ants protect aphids in exchange for honeydew, is an example of this.
What is an example of mutualism?
community
What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?
wind
What is an example of an abiotic factor?