Interdependence in the Environment Summarizer
Name __________________ Date ____
Part I: Use the diagram below to answer the questions 1-3.
1. Identify an environmental condition in the ecosystem above and how it can affect the
ecosystem.
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2. Identify a predator/prey relationship in the ecosystem above. _______________________
3. Identify and describe an example of competition in the ecosystem above. _____________
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Part II: Read the scenarios below and identify whether the relationship is predator/prey,
competition, or symbiosis. If the relationship is symbiosis, identify the type of symbiosis as
mutualism, commensalism, or parasitism.
_______________ 4. A duck and a sparrow (bird) both eat snails in an ecosystem.
_______________ 5. A hawk carefully watches then strikes a snake.
_______________ 6. A flea feeds on a mouse’s blood. This is good for the flea but bad for
the mouse.
_______________ 7. Silverfish bugs live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey. This
neither helps nor harms the ants.
_______________ 8. Oxpecker birds get a good meal by eating the ticks found on a
rhinoceros. The rhinoceros get a free cleaning.