Interactions and Ecosystems

the parts of an ecosystem that have NEVER been living and NEVER will be; examples include the sun, water, air, soil, weather conditions, and rocks

• nonliving (abiotic)

• living (biotic)

• terrarium

• essential

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the way in which all things (living and nonliving) work together in a shared community

• essential

• interaction

• terrarium

• living (biotic)

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organisms that entered a new ecosystem and multiplied, hurting native species and their habitats

• overpopulation

• inpact

• restore (restoration)

• Invasive species

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too many of the same organism in one area

• native species

• overpopulation

• invasive species

• restore (restoration)

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type of organisms that normally live in a particular ecosystem

• overpopulation

• invasive species

• native species

• impact

problem that occurs when grazing animals like cattle and sheep eat too much vegetation (grass)

• habitat

• overgraze

• thrive

• global warming

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Which of these describes a mutually beneficial relationship between two organisms?

• A dog with worms in its intestine

• A turtle and a snail that both eat grass live in a river

• A honeybee pollinating a plant and receiving nectar for food

• A small fish attached to a shark, eating tiny pieces of the shark's food as it floats

Which of the examples below can BEST be described as mutualism between animals?

• A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a bird and consumes the food that the bird has eaten

• Mountain lions and wolves fight each other for the same deer

• A bird eats parasites off a rhinoceros while the rhinoceros provides protection to the bird

• Rats live in the garbage dump of a town and rarely interact with people

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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

A relationship that describe a close interaction between two different species is known as what?

• Biodiversity

• Symbiosis

• Predation

• Emigration

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