Interspecific relationships COPY Flashcards

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What is a community

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All species /living organisms found in a particular location and interact with each other in a variety of ways

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Name 6 interspecific relationships

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Competition-
Commensalism
Herbivory
Mutalism
Predation
Parasitism

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What’s a predation relationship

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One animal species eats members of another animal species

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What’s herbivory relationship

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An animal species eats part of a plant species

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What’s competition relationship

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Members of different species compete for the same resources

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What’s parasitism relationship

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member of 1 species lives on (or inside )members of another species feeding off them

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What’s a mutualistic relationship

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2 species provide each other with different resources and both benefit

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What’s commensalism relationship

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1 species benefits from or aids another species , while not being affected itself

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What is competition and when does it exist

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Competition exists when organisms need the same resources that are scarce .

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NAme 2 types of competition

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Interspecific and intraspecific

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What is interspecific competition

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Competition between members of DIFFERENT species

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What is interspecific competition

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Competition between members of the SAME species

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What is Gause’s Law

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No 2 species can occupy the same niche indefinitely in the same habitat

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What is another name for Gause’s law

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Principle of competitive exclusion

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What 3 types of interspecific relationships display exploitation

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Parasitism, Herbivory,Predatation

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What has co=evolution allowed to be evolved between species

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Partnerships which both species benefit

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