describing biodiversity - ecosystem relationships

Question 1

community

Answer 1

a group of populations of different species living in close proximity (within an ecosystem), sum of all living organisms in a habitat

Question 2

competition

Answer 2

when individuals compete for a resource that limits their survival & reproduction. if a resource is not limited, competition will not happen

Question 3

collaboration

Answer 3

when individuals of the same species work together in a manner that benefits all

Question 4

intraspecies

Answer 4

interactions that are relationships between members of the same species

Question 5

interspecies

Answer 5

interactions that are relationships between members of different species

Question 6

predation

Answer 6

when an organism (predator) kills and or eats another organism (the prey) for food

Question 7

disease

Answer 7

the interaction between a disease causing organism and host

Question 8

symbiosis

Answer 8

relationship in which individuals of two or more species live together, benefitting at least one of the species

Question 9

parasitism

Answer 9

when one organism (the parasite) benefits from living together while the other (the host) is harmed by this interaction

Question 10

mutualism

Answer 10

an interactive relationship where both organisms benefit from living together

Question 11

commensalism

Answer 11

a one sided interaction between species where only one organism (the commensal) benefits while the other is neither harmed nor sees benefits