APES 1.1 - Ecosystems & organism interactions

Biosphere

All earth’s life

Biome

Large space with similar climate

Ecosystem

All living and non-living things in an area

Community

All living organisms in an area

Population

Group of individuals of the same species

Individual

One organism

Competition

Organisms fighting over a resource (-,-)

Predation

One organism using another for energy (+,-)

Mutualism

Relationship benefiting both organisms

Commensalism

Relationship that benefits one organism without affecting the other (+,0)

Parasitism

Relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another (+,-)

Symbiosis

Long-term close interaction between species

Temporal Partitioning

Using resource at different times to avoid competition

Spacial Partitioning

Using different areas of a habitat

Morphological Partitioning

Using different resources based on different evolved body features

Deer herd

Population

Sheep flock

Population

School of fish

Population

Tick

Parasite (+,-)

Tapeworm

Parasite (+,-)

Remoras + sharks

Commensalism (+,0)

Bird nests + trees

Commensalism (+,0)

Barnacles + whales

Commensalism (+,0)

Bee’s pollinating flowers

Mutualism (+,+)

Oxpeckers eating bugs off rhinos

Mutualism (+,+)

Bunny eating grass

Predation (+,-)

Wolf eating bunny

Predation (+,-)

Plants fighting for sun in forest

Competition (-,-)