Ecosystems and Interactions

Interactions within Ecosystems

Grade 6 Advance

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The ​

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benefits in this relationship.

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Cattle Egrets

Buffalo

Buffalo and Cattle Egrets

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The ​

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​ benefit(s) in this relationship.

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Bees and Flowers

Bees

Flowers

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The ​

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benefit(s) in this relationship.

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Epiphytic plants

Trees

Trees and Epiphytic plants

Match

Match the following

One benefits and the other is harmed

Only one benefits

Both Benefits

• One benefits and the other is harmed

• Only one benefits

• Both Benefits

Multiple Choice

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Multiple Choice

What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

Multiple Choice

When a mosquito bites you, It is a type of ________symbiosis.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• neutralism
• competition

Multiple Choice

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

​Are there other type of relationships?

Poll

Are there other types of relationships in the nature?

• Yes

• No

• I am not sure

members of the same species word together in order to benefit the entire group.

​Other types of relationships

​Cooperative

​Predator-Prey

​Competitive

The predator benefits from receiving food.

Organisms that share the same habitat often compete for resources

Multiple Choice

When organisms of a population work together

• Mutualism

• Symbiotic relationship

• Predator-prey relationship

• Cooperative relationship

Multiple Choice

A relationship where an organism hunts another organism for food

• Predator-prey relationship

• cooperative relationship

• symbiotic relationship

Multiple Choice

What term describes organisms striving for the same limited resources?

• Competition

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

What did we learn today?

Relationships can be classified as: