Interdependence

What is interdependence?

• living organisms depend on each other for survival

• an organism working by itself

• a solo animal

• animals at the top of the food chain

What describes a predator prey relationship?

• Both animals benefit

• One animal is hunter the other is prey

• Both animals hunt each other

• The animals are herbivores

What is symbiosis?

• 2 animals living in the same place

• when animals compete for resources

• 2 species live in close contact and the relationship is positive, negative or neutral

What is commensalism?

• One organism benefits from the relationship, but neither harms or helps the host

• One animals relies on another but also harms it

• Animals living together helping each other

What is mutualism?

• 2 or more organisms live closely together and do not benefit from each other

• 2 or more organisms live closely together and benefit from each other

• 2 or more organisms live closely together and have no effect on each other

What is parasitism?

• A relationship between two species in which one benefits at the expense of the other

• A relationship where both species benefit

• 2 species competing for the same resource

What is decomposition?

• Breaking down plants

• Rotten pieces from buildings and objects

• The breakdown of dead matter by bacteria and fungi

What is competition?

• 2 species harm each other

• Species competing for the same resources

• 2 species helping one another

What is a niche?

• The role a species plays within an ecosystem

• The habitat

• The specie

What is this an example of?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Predator prey

• Niche