Ecology Interactions:
Why Can't We All Just Get Along
Symbiosis Notes
Students will take notes on the three types of symbiotic
relationships: Mutualism, Commensalism, and
Parasitism.
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Ecological Interactions:
Name: __________________________
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
What You Need to Know:
Ecological Interactions
_________________:
interaction where one
organism (_________________) kills another
organism for food (_________________).
_________________:
struggle
between
organisms to survive as they attempt to use the
same _________________ _________________.
Limiting Factors of Ecosystems
_________________ _________________: an environmental condition or _________________
that limits the size of a population of organisms.
List some examples of limiting factors:
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
The largest population an area can support is its ________________ ____________________
which is driven by limiting factors.
Symbiotic Relationships
_____________________: close relationship created between two species due to coevolution
(species evolve together in their environment). The relationship must ______________ at least
one of the species.
There are three types of symbiotic relationships:
1. _________________: (___,___) relationship where both species _________________.
2. _________________: (___,___) relationship where one species _________________ and
the other species is neither _________________ nor _________________.
3. _________________: (___,___) relationship where one species benefits
(_________________) while the other is harmed (_________________).
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