Ecology Unit Review

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What is Symbiosis?

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Symbiosis is a close and long-term interaction between two different species, which can be beneficial, harmful, or neutral.

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How does Symbiosis occur?

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Between different species in a community.

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What is Mutualism?

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Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit from the interaction.

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Give an example of Mutualism.

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The relationship between acacia trees and ants, where ants protect the tree and receive food and shelter in return.

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What is the Greenhouse Effect?

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The Greenhouse Effect is the warming of the Earth's surface due to the trapping of heat by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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How is the greenhouse effect produced?

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When some energy is reflected back to earth.

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What do Herbivores eat?

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Herbivores eat plants.

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What is Commensalism?

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Commensalism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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Give an example of Commensalism.

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Barnacles attaching to a whale; the barnacles benefit while the whale is unaffected.

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What is Parasitism?

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Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one species benefits at the expense of the other.