Interactions in Ecosystems

A characteristic or feature of an organism that allows it to survive and reproduce in its environment

• predation

• adaptation

• prey

• predator

• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An organism that is hunted and killed by others for food

• predation

• adaptation

• prey

• predator

• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An animal that naturally preys on others

• predation

• adaptation

• prey

• predator

• competition

An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients

• predation

• adaptation

• prey

• predator

• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources

• predation

• adaptation

• prey

• predator

• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is not helped or harmed

• symbiosis

• commensalism

• mutalism

• parasitism

Any relationship in which two species live closely together

• symbiosis

• commensalism

• mutalism

• parasitism

Relationships between two species that can depend on one another

• symbiosis

• commensalism

• mutalism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism and harming it

• symbiosis

• commensalism

• mutalism

• parasitism

Cattle egrets eat the insects stirred up by cattle when they are grazing

• symbiosis

• commensalism

• mutalism

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2