Organism Interactions

Match the level of ecology with its description.

• Ecosystem

• organisms and their physical environment

• Biological Communities

• group of ecosystems with climate/ vegetation

• Population

• Consists of all life on Earth

• Biome

• group of individuals that belong to the same species

• Biosphere

•  populations of organisms living and interacting

An animal that hunts other animals for food is a _.

A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species is a _.

An organism that feeds on a living host is a _.

Match the following terms

• parasitism

• An interaction in which one organism kills another for food

• predation

• A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

• mutualism

• A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed

• competition

• A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

• commensalism

• conflict between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An organism's particular role in an ecosystem is its _.

Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact is the _ factor.

A nonliving part of an organism's habitat is the _ factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Place where an organism lives is its _.

What is the relationship shown?

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Mutualism