Ecology EL

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected...

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitsm

• Commensalism

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle are unaware if they are there or not.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

• parasitism

What does symbiosis mean?

• Living separately, no relationship between 2 species

• Living together, close relationship between 2 species

• Living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species

• When one species kills and eats another

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitsm

• Commensalism

A relationship between 2 organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

• predation

Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.

• abiotic
• biotic factors
• ecology
• ecosystems

The study of interactions in an ecosystem.

• ecology
• philosophy
• scientology
• biology

In an ecosystem, producers and consumers are both __________.

• biotic factors
• very nice
• cranky
• abiotic factors

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

A consumer that hunts is called:

• a producer.
• an omnivore.
• a predator.
• a herbivore.