12.3 What Types Of Interactions Affect The Stability Of An Ecosystem Flashcards

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What is an ecosystem?

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It is made up of the interactions between a community and its physical environment

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Population

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Organisms or the same kind living in the same environment

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Community

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Different populations of plants and animals living and interacting in a particular environment make up a community

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What are the different types of interrelationships in an ecosystem?

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Predator-prey relationship
Mutualism
Parasitism

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what do predators and preys have to hunt and avoid being caught?

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hunting strategies e.g. mimicking prey

prey have adaptations e.g.

  • high speed
  • small size
  • effective camouflage
  • defensive body parts (i.e. horns)
  • some mimic unpleasant objects to fool their predators
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what is mutualism

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the relationship in which 2 or more organisms support or benefit one another
e,g, one organism provides another with protection in exchange for food

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what is a parasite and what does it do and benefit

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an organism that causes harm to another organism (Known as its host) without killing it
parasite benefits by obtaining its food or nutrients from the body of its host

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