Symbiotic Relationships
occurs when one species lives in close association with another species over a period of time.
what is symbiosis?
an organism that produces its own food from inorganic compounds and sunlight. commonly known as a producer.
What is an autotroph?
What is disease?
the number of individuals in a population that an environment can support over a relatively long period of time.
What is carrying capacity?
the two large animals that live on Isle Royale.
What are wolves and moose?
two species interact closely in a way that benefits both species.
What is mutualism?
an organism that cannot make its own food; obtains energy and nutrients by ingesting other organisms. commonly known as a consumer.
What is a heterotroph?
a population went extinct due to another population hunting/ killing them.
What is predation?
a group of organisms of the same
species living in a particular area.
What is a population?
the relationship between the moose and wolves.
What is a predator/ prey relationship?
a relationship in which one organism benefits from an interaction and the other organism is neither helped nor harmed.
What is Commensalism?
models the flow of energy through organisms in a community.
What is a food chain?
a population went extinct because it's resources were being taken by another species.
What is competition?
predation, competition, human impact, disease.
What are the causes of extinction?
the predator in the relationship of wolves and moose.
What is the wolves.
a relationship between two organisms in which one species harms the other species.
What is Parasitism?
a web consisting of all interconnected food chains within an ecosystem.
What is a food web?
a population went extinct due to the actions of humans.
What is human impact?
parasitism, commensalism, mutualism.
What are symbiotic relationship types?
When one population increases the other decreases.
What is the interaction between the species on Isle Royale?
the relationship between a be and a flower.
What is an example of mutualism?
grass -> moose -> wolf -> worm
What is an example of a food chain.
the population of the species wooly mammoth when extinct due to overhunting.
What is an example of human impact extinction?
the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
an island that has limited biodiversity and human impact.
What is Isle Royale?