Relationships in an Ecosystem

A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.

• community

• population

• environment

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.

• community

• population

• environment

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.

• niche

• habitat

• community

• environment

Animals that are caught and eaten by predators.

• prey

• predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Cattle Egrets eat the insects stirred up by the cattle when they are grazing, is what symbiotic relationship?

• Mutalism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

• parasitism

Which symbiotic relationship is when one organism benefits and the other is not impacted (positively or negatively)?

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Organisms that relies on other organisms for food; consumer

• herbivore

• decomposer

• heterotroph

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which symbols best describe commensalism?

• +,+

• +,-

• +0

• 0,0

Which symbols best describe parasitism?

• +, +

• +, -

• +, 0

• -, 0

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2