Interactions between Organisms Review

more than one individual or population in an ecosystem that rely upon the same limited resources

• competition

• cooperation

• predation

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

the interaction between two animals by which one animal eats the other

• predation

• cooperation

• competition

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

two organisms working together to survive

• cooperation

• competition

• predation

• mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a relationship between organisms or species that is helpful to both

• cooperation

• competition

• predation

• mutualism

an interaction between organisms or species that is helpful to one but neither helpful nor harmful to the other

• commensalism

• parasitism

• energy pyramid

• food chain

when an organism survives on a host organism and causes harm to the host

• commensalism

• parasitism

• food chain

• energy pyramid

a diagram that shows the trophic levels of organisms in a food web

• energy pyramid

• food chain

• parasitsim

• commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the path of food energy from the Sun to producers then to consumers

• energy pyramid

• food chain

• commensalism

• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

a connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem

• food web

• decomposer

• cooperation

• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

break down dead organic matter

• decomposer

• food web

• parasitism

• mutualism