Negative and Positive Species Interactions

Question 1

This occurs when one species kills and eats another organism

Answer 1

predation

Question 2

give example of predation

Answer 2

a. Mountain lion and deer; Hawk and field mouse; Venus flytrap and insect; Ladybug and aphid

Question 3

These are animals that eat herbaceous plants

Answer 3

grazers

Question 4

These are animals that eat woody plants

Answer 4

browsers

Question 5

Animals that only eat plant life is called….

Answer 5

herbivores

Question 6

Since plants can not move to avoid herbivores, what strategies have they came up with to protect themselves?

Answer 6

thorns, hair, chemicals and spines

Question 7

This occurs when there is a limiting resource and both species need it and may not get enough of it

Answer 7

competition

Question 8

This consumes the tissues or robs the host organisms of its resources

Answer 8

parasite

Question 9

This is a parasite that causes disease in its host organism

Answer 9

pathogen

Question 10

List types of parasites

Answer 10

tapeworms, lice, ticks, scabies

Question 11

What is the difference between predators and parasites?

Answer 11

the parasite does not typically kill its food source

Question 12

This is a relationship between two different species in which one is unaffected and one is negatively impacted

Answer 12

amensalism

Question 13

give a general example of amensalism

Answer 13

when one organism is damaged or killed by a chemical that another organism secretes

Question 14

This is where one interacting species benefits from the relationship, and the other species suffers, or when both species suffer

Answer 14

negative species interactions

Question 15

This is a relationship between members of two species in which both members benefit from the association

Answer 15

mutualism

Question 16

This is a relationship between two organisms of different species in which one organism benefits from association and the other is unaffected

Answer 16

commensalism

Question 17

What type of Amensalism happens when an organism secretes a chemical that harms another organism but does not effect the organism secreting

Answer 17

anti-biosis Amensalism