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Interactions in An Ecosystem Guided Notes

This document contains questions and vocabulary about interactions between organisms in an ecosystem. Positive interactions include mutualism, such as the relationship between plants and pollinators where both benefit. Negative interactions include predation, where one organism eats another, and parasitism, where one organism benefits at the expense of the other. These interactions shape ecosystem populations and stability through predator-prey relationships and competition for resources.

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Interactions in An Ecosystem Guided Notes

This document contains questions and vocabulary about interactions between organisms in an ecosystem. Positive interactions include mutualism, such as the relationship between plants and pollinators where both benefit. Negative interactions include predation, where one organism eats another, and parasitism, where one organism benefits at the expense of the other. These interactions shape ecosystem populations and stability through predator-prey relationships and competition for resources.

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Name __________________________ Date__________________ 8.L.3.

2 Interactions in Ecosystems

Learning Essential Question #2:


Organisms in an ecosystem can have positive interactions and negative interactions. How do these interactions shape an
ecosystem? Give an example of each.
Topic Vocabulary:
Predation
Parasitism
Relationship
Prey
Mutualism
Commensalism
Symbiosis
Predator

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How do _________________________ in an _________________________ interact?
a. _________________________ in an ecosystem interact with plants, animals and their
________________________________.
b. _________________________ can cause populations to _________________________ or
_________________________.
c. _________________________ can also cause the _______________________ to change.
What is a stable _________________________ ?
a. A stable _________________________ is one in which the _________________________ and
resources change in a _________________________ manner.
b. In a stable _________________________, there is healthy balance between __________________ and
___________________.
What is _________________________?
a. An _________________________between species in which ______________________ eat
_________________________.
b. This healthy _________________________ balances the populations within an
_________________________.
c. Example: ________________ eating __________ in a stream regulate the number of __________ in the
stream.
How does the ______________________/ prey relationship affect _____________________?
a. If the number of prey in a _______________________increases then the number of
___________________ will also increase.
b. If the number of ____________________ decreases, then the number of prey will
______________________.
What is _________________________?
a. When species within an _________________________ compete for the same
_________________________.
b. Organisms in an _________________________ compete for:
i. _________________________
ii. _________________________
iii. _________________________
c. Example: In the ocean, dolphins, whales and large fish all compete for smaller fish.

* VOCAB POINT:
Symbiosis (symbiotic) = _____________________________________________________
Sym = same time, together
Bio = life
Co-exist: synonym or antonym?
Cooperate means _________________________________________________________________
6. What are the 3 types of symbiotic relationships?
a. ______________________________. ( _____/ ______)
b. ______________________________. ( _____/ ______)
c. ______________________________. ( _____/ ______)
7. An example of mutualism is the relationship between ________________________________, because
___________________________________________________________________________.
8. An example of parasitism is the relationship between _________________________________, because
___________________________________________________________________________.
9. An example of commensalism is the relationship between ____________________________, because
___________________________________________________________________________.

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