Interaction

Question 1

Predation

Answer 1

-One organism captures and feeds on another organism
-e.g Lion to zebras

Question 2

Inhabitation

Answer 2

-When one organism prevents another from obtaining resources from the ecosystem
-e.g pine tree drops acidic pine needles on the soils around it to make sure no plants grow there

Question 3

Symbiosis

Answer 3

-The act of living together
-2 organisms live together temporarily or for a long period of time
-at least one organism benefits from the relationship

Question 4

Commensalism

Answer 4

-one member from the association is benefiting, and the other is neither helped or harmed
-e.g little fishes attach onto sharks and wait for its next attack to get the residue of the prey then un-attatch themselves as the not slow the shark down

Question 5

Competition

Answer 5

-when organisms compete for the same resource at the same time
-e.g Sunflowers competing for the sun

Question 6

Collaboration

Answer 6

-easily confused with mutualism
-intraspecies- when organisms from the same species help each other out
-e.g monkeys taking turns picking off fleas off of each other

Question 7

Mutualism

Answer 7

-Interspecies
-when organisms live together and help eachother out, both benefit
-bees pollinate flowers while taking pollen for their honey

Question 8

Parasitism

Answer 8

-when 2 organisms are living together, and one benefits and the other (host) is getting no benefits and may be harmed
-e.g Parasite in a human