Interactions in Ecosystems

A collection of living and nonliving things in an area

• abiotic

• ecosystem

• population

• species

All the individuals of one species living in an area

• abiotic

• ecosystem

• population

• species

The term that means "non-living"

• abiotic

• biotic

A group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

• population

• ecosystem

• species

• organism

Match the following term with the appropriate example

• Individuals of many species trying to get water from a small watering hole in the savanah

• commensalism

• A tick on a dog

• predation

• A lion eating a gazelle

• mutualism

• Air plants suspenden on the branches of tall trees.

• competition

• Oak trees provide squirrels with acorns, and squirrels bury acorns that will grow into oak trees

• parasitism

The term that means a close ecological relationship between two or more organisms of different species

• mutualism

• competition

• hervivory

• symbiosis

Wasps inject their eggs into caterpillars, and the larvae feed from the caterpillars tissues until they are ready to emerge

• competition

• predation

• parasitism

• commensalism

Barnacles benefit from their attachment to whales, but the whales are unaffected

• commensalism

• competition

• mutualism

• parasitism

Remora fish can suction cup themselves harmlessly to the body of the shark, and drop off to eat the sharks waste.

• commensalism

• parasitism

• competition

• mutualism

The relationship between the ant and aphid is called

• mutualism

• competition

• parasitism

• commensalis