Organism Relationships HANDOUT

Using the terms and definitions below the table, fill in the information for the image showing soil, water, air, light, and minerals. What is the term for this image?

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

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Using the terms and definitions below the table, fill in the information for the image showing a diverse marine ecosystem. What is the term for this image?

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biosphere

• Biome

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What is the term for this image?

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

Using the terms and definitions below the table, fill in the information for the image showing a group of seals. What is the term for this image?

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

Using the terms and definitions below the table, fill in the information for the image showing a crab. What is the term for this image?

• Organism

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Species

Organisms depend on biotic and abiotic factors in which of the following ways?

• Biotic factors provide food and abiotic factors provide shelter.

• Biotic factors provide shelter and abiotic factors provide food.

• Biotic factors and abiotic factors both provide food.

• Biotic factors and abiotic factors both provide shelter.

Different organisms in a population compete for resources by:

• sharing resources equally

• fighting for resources

• migrating to new areas

• cooperating with each other

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Label the following description as one of the following:

• Mutualism

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

• Predation

• A relationship between organisms or species that is helpful to both

• Commensalism

• A relationship between organisms of different species where one organism benefits at the expense of the other

• Parasitism

• The interaction between two animals in which one eats the other.