Ecosystem Interactions

Question 1

commensalism

Answer 1

a relationship in which one species benefits from another species and that species is neither harmed nor helped

Question 2

competition

Answer 2

an interaction in which different species attempt to use the same resource

Question 3

mutualism

Answer 3

a close relationship in which two different species provide a benefit to each other

Question 4

parasite

Answer 4

an organism that lives in or on another organism and feeds off that organism

Question 5

parasitism

Answer 5

the relationship between a parasite and its host

Question 6

predation

Answer 6

a relationship in which one organism eats another organism

Question 7

symbiosis

Answer 7

a relationship in which two organisms live in close association with each other