Download Lesson 3 Species Interactions

Survey
yes no Was this document useful for you?
   Thank you for your participation!

* Your assessment is very important for improving the work of artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project

Document related concepts
no text concepts found
Transcript
Grade 9 Academic Science – Ecosystems
Species Interactions
Species Interaction
Description
Commensalism
One individuals benefits while the other in not impacted
+0
Competition
Two individuals seek the same resource
- -
Mutualism
Two individuals benefit from each other
++
Parasitism
One individual lives on or in a host organism and feeds on the host
+-
Predation
One individual feeds on another
+-
Look at the following examples and identify the correct Species Interaction - Practice
Example
Oxpecker bird eats ticks on a rhino
Two male red-tailed deer fight over a doe during rutting season
Cactus wren builds its nest in a cactus
Mosquito stings you
Wolf eats a caribou
Flea drinks the blood of a dog
Bees gather nectar from flowers
Nettle Aphid and Grass Aphid eat the Coccinellidae (Ladybugs)
Cattle egret birds eat the insects stirred up by cattle foraging in a field
Species Interaction
Related documents