Vocabulary
An organism that gets its energy by catching, killing, and eating prey.
Predator
A relationship between two or more organisms that affects the growth, survival, or reproduction of the organisms.
Interaction
Competition caused by organisms trying to gather as much of a resource as possible before it runs out.
Indirect Competition
An eagle's sharp talons that it uses to catch fish from a river are an example of an ____________ that has evolved to help it exploit the fish.
adaptation
These organisms get their energy by eating plants.
Herbivores
An organism that gets its energy by feeding on blood, intestinal fluids, or tissues of other organisms.
Parasite
The type of relationship exhibited by ants and aphids. Ants feed on the honeydew produced by the aphids, and the ants offer them protection in return.
Mutualism
The full range of conditions and locations a species COULD survive and reproduce in.
Fundamental Niche
A monarch butterfly's bright, striped, orange & black wings are an example of this type of exploitation to help it avoid predators.
Warning coloration
The most common interaction in nature.
Competition
Describes everything affecting a particular species' existence.
Niche
Fleas living on a deer feed off the deer's blood. In this example, the flea is a parasite and the deer is the _________.
Host
Two white-tailed deer bucks competing for mates is an example of what type of competition?
Intraspecific Competition
The type of mimicry when a harmless organism has evolved to look like a dangerous one.
Batesian Mimicry
How do predators help maintain the balance of an ecosystem?
By keeping prey populations in check.
When an organism has evolved to look like another organism.
Mimicry
A relationship in which one organism benefits and another is harmed. The three forms are: predation, herbivory, & parasitism.
Exploitation
The theory that two species cannot have the same niche in an ecosystem is called......
Gause's Law
Give an example of a way that a plant can use exploitation to aid in its survival.
Varies
The ACTUAL conditions and locations a species survives survives and reproduces in after interacting with other species.
Realized Niche
When one organism could not survive without the other in mutualism.
Symbiosis
An interaction of two organisms where one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
Commensalism
A bluebird and a robin competing for caterpillars in my yard is an example of what type of competition?
Interspecific Competition
The type of exploitation when distasteful species look alike.
Mullerian Mimicry
When species with similar niches use a resource in slightly different ways.
Resource Partitioning