Community Interactions Flashcards
1
Q
Competition an predation are?
A
Two important ways in which organisms interact.
2
Q
Competition occurs when?
A
Two organisms fight for the same limited resource. As – Intraspecific competition – Interspecific competition
3
Q
Predation occurs when?
A
One organism captures and eats another.
4
Q
What are the three major types of symbiotic relationships.
A
Mutualism: both organisms benefit.
Commensalism: one organism benefits, the other is unharmed.
Parasitism: one organism benefits, the other is harmed.
5
Q
Organisms interact as:
A
Individuals and as populations.
