Ecological Interactions
This term refers to the relationship between two species where one benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
This is the term for non-living factors in an ecosystem, such as temperature, water, and sunlight.
What is abiotic?
These organisms make their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, starting the food chain.
What are producers?
The introduction of a species to a new environment, where it outcompetes native species.
What is invasive species?
A clown fish and anenome, a crocodile and plover
What is mutualism?
A type of symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
These factors are the living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and bacteria.
What is biotic?
These organisms consume producers
What are herbivores?
A change in the balance of an ecosystem that causes long-lasting harm, often caused by human activity.
What is ecological disruption?
A shark and a remora, a tortoise leaving it's burrow for other animals
What is commensalism?
A relationship in which one species benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
This abiotic factor influences plant growth by providing energy for photosynthesis.
What is sunlight?
These consumers eat other consumers
What are carnivores?
A natural or human-caused event that dramatically alters an ecosystem, such as a wildfire or hurricane.
What is a disturbance?
Tick and a deer, parasite and a human
What is parasitism?
This term describes the interaction between organisms in which one eats the other.
Predator Prey Relationship
A type of biotic factor that plays a role in an ecosystem by decomposing dead organic matter.
Who is a decomposer?
These organisms break down dead organic matter and recycle nutrients into the ecosystem.
Who are decomposers?
The alteration of the natural environment, often leading to species extinction or habitat loss.
What is habitat destruction?
In parasitism, this is the organism that is harmed in the relationship, often losing resources.
What is the host?
The Zebra Mussels arriving in the Hudson River from Europe and taking over the ecosystem is an example of
What is invasive species?
Are viruses a biotic factor?
No, they need a host to survive, they can only survive without a host for a short period of time
These animals are at the top of the food chain and have no natural predators.
Who are apex predators?
When a forest in intentionally cut down.
What is deforestation?
In parasitism, this is the organism that benefits, often by feeding off its host.
What is the parasite?