ENV: Ecology, Symbiosis

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A tick living on a dog

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parasitism

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The honeyguide bird leading the honey badger to a bee's hive, both eat the honey

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mutualism

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A tick living on a dog

parasitism

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The honeyguide bird leading the honey badger to a bee's hive, both eat the honey

mutualism

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A tapeworm living in a 6th grade student's intestines

parasitism

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A bird building their nest in a tree

commensalism

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The hermit crab carrying the sea anemone on its back

commensalism

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The bristle worm removing parasites from the hermit crab and eating the hermit crabs leftovers

mutualism

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Head lice living on a human scalp

parasitism

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mistletoe putting its roots into its HOST tree

parasitism

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The ants and the acacia tree living together and both receiving benefit

mutualism

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The egret, and insect eating bird, graze near some herbivores mouth

commensalism

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Orchids growing in tall tropical trees, the trees are not harmed but the orchids get sunlight

commensalism

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Bacteria living on a human's skin

commensalism

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The remora hitching a ride on a shark

commensalism

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Barnacles living on a whale

commensalism

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Bees and a flower

mutualism

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Bacteria living in the intestines of a cow to help it break down cellulose

mutualism

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The clownfish helping anemone catch other fish and the sea anemone protecting it

mutualism

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A sixth grader and their pet

mutualism

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The Rhino and the tick bird eating pests off of its back

mutualism

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A close relationship of a fungus and an algae that benefits both.

mutualism

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Mutualism

When both animals benefit

<p>When both animals benefit</p>
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Commensalism

When one animal benefits and the other is not affected

<p>When one animal benefits and the other is not affected</p>
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Parasitism

When one animal benefit and the other one is harmed

<p>When one animal benefit and the other one is harmed</p>
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Predation

When one animal eats another for food

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Competition

When two organisms compete for a limited resource

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Predator

The animal that eats or hunts other animals

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Prey

The animal that is hunted or eaten

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Symbiosis

A relationship between animals

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Population

The number of one kind of species in an ecosystem.

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Community

All the different species in an ecosystem that live and interact with each other.

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4 needs of all living things

Food, Water, Shelter, Space

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Limiting Factor

Anything that limits the amount of animals that can live in an ecosystem

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Herbivore

Eats only plants

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Carnivore

Eats only animals

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Omnivore

Eats both plants and animals

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Consumer

Must eat other plants and/or animals for food

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Producer

Makes own food

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Photosynthesis

The process by which plants make their own food

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The fungus known as "chicken of the woods" grows on trees. The fungus breaks down the tree and gets its nutrients that

way. The tree decays, gets weak, and becomes very vulnerable to extreme weather

Parasitism

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Oxpeckers are a small bird commonly found on rhinoceroses. The oxpecker feeds on the parasites that cover the

rhinoceroses' skin. The bird gets a meal and the rhinoceros is relieved of the harmful parasites

Mutualism

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Cows stir up bugs from the ground for birds to eat. The cows are not impacted.

Commensalism