Patterns of Interactions & Flow of Energy Review

When organisms strive for the same resources

• predator/prey

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A relationship when organisms live closely together within an ecosystem

• symbiotic mutualism

• symbiotic

• symbiotic commensalism

• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship where one organism benefits from the other but also harms it

• predator/prey

• symbiotic

• symbiotic mutualism

• symbiotic parasitism

The position of an organism in the food chain

• trophic level

• Energy level

• primary and secondary

• symbiotic mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A relationship when one organisms benefits from the presence of the other without being a harm or help

• symbiotic commensalism

• symbiotic mutualism

• symbiotic competition

• symbiotic parasitism

A type of relationship where two organisms benefit from the presence of each other

• symbiosis

• symbiotic mutualism

• symbiotic commensalism

• win-win

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

• food web

• food pyramid

• energy pyramid

• trophic triangle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Linear series of relationships between organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

• food web

• pyramid

• food chain

• ecosystem

An animal that is caught and killed for food

• pray

• predator

• consumer

• prey

graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem

• trophic level

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3