Ecology - Unit 1 (Community Interactions) Flashcards
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Predator-prey
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when a predator hunts, kills, and eats the prey
2
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Competition
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the interaction of individuals of species that seek a common resource that is limited in supply.
3
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Mutualism
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When organisms do things that benefit each other.
Ex. The plover bird eats the insects from the teeth of the crocodile.
4
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Parasitism
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When one organism (the parasite) lives in/on another organism (the host) and benefits
Ex. Tapeworms feed off of the nutrients in human intestines
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Commensalism
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When one organism benefits, and the other is NOT helped or harmed
Ex. The remora fish feeds off the food scraps from the shark
6
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Keystone species
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A specie which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically
