Ecological Relationships

Question 1

What are the 3 types of ecological relationships?

Answer 1

Predator-prey (including herbivory), symbiosis, and competition

Question 2

Predator-prey relationships

Answer 2

interactions between two unlike species - a predator and prey - which influence each other’s growth and affect eachother

Question 3

Types of symbiosis

Answer 3

parasitism, mutualism, commensalism

Question 4

Parasitism

Answer 4

one organism benefits and the other is harmed

ex) fleas on dogs

Question 5

Mutualism

Answer 5

both organisms benefit in the relationship

ex) clownfish and anemone

Question 6

Commensalism

Answer 6

one organism benefits and the other is not affected

ex) barnacles on whales

Question 7

Types of competition

Answer 7

interspecific and intraspecific

Question 8

Interspecific Competition

Answer 8

competition that can occur between members of DIFFERENT species

Question 9

Intraspecific Competition

Answer 9

competition that can occur among members of the SAME species

Question 10

Competition Exclusion Principle

Answer 10

principle that states that no two species can occupy exactly the same niche in exactly the same habitat at exactly the same time