Competition vs Cooperation in Ecosystems

Honey bees working together in the hive.

• NIche

• Symbiosis

• Cooperation

• Prey

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Sheep herding together to avoid predators.

• Prey

• Cooperation

• Symbiosis

• Competition

A group of fish struggling for a limited food source.

• Cooperation

• Niche

• Competition

• Prey

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Different species of fish struggling to get food from the back of a sea turtle.

• Predator

• Competition

• Prey

• Niche

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Two sea lions struggling for living space.

• Niche

• Competition

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic

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Many trees struggling for sunlight.

• Competition

• Biotic

• Prey

• NIche

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These plants are competing for ________.

• Sunligh

• Water

• Habitat

• Niche

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Scavengers competing for a ______ source.

• Living Space

• Water

• Food

• Mate

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A pride of lions hunting together for food is an example of what type of interaction?

• Habitat

• Cooperation

• Competition

• Prey

Leaf cutter ants building a nest (living space).

• Resources

• Competition

• Niche

• Cooperation

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