Ecological Relationships

Front

What is the term for a close interaction between two different species?

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Symbiosis

Front

What do we call the organism that is hunted and eaten in a feeding relationship?

Back

Prey

Front

In a predator/prey relationship, which organism hunts the other?

Back

Predator

Front

What type of ecological relationship is demonstrated when both species benefit from the interaction?

Back

Mutualism

Front

What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another?

Back

Parasitism

Front

What do we call the relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

Back

Commensalism

Front

In the relationship between a frog and a fly, what role does the frog play?

Back

Predator

Front

What is biodiversity?

Back

The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Front

What is an example of mutualism?

Back

Plover birds eating parasites from crocodiles.

Front

What is an example of parasitism?

Back

Aphids feeding on plant leaves.