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Ecological Relations

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Bees land on flowers and collect nectar and pollen from the flowers.With this pollen bees create honey. As bees go from flower to flower pollen comes off of the bees and new flowers grow.What relationship is this a form of and how do you know? This relationship is mutualism .This is a form of mutualism because both the flowers and the bees are benefitted from this.The bees get food and the flowers reproduce.
Humans find and collect unhatched turtle eggs and move them away from the shore.What relationship is this and which species benefits? This relationship is commensalism.The species that benefits would be the turtles.This is because turtles lay their eggs near shore and sometimes they are washed out into the ocean and don't always survive.
There are three types of symbiosis.What are two of them and what are they about? Two of the types of symbiosis are commensalism, and mutualism.Commensalism is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other is not effected.Mutualism is a relationship in which both species benefit.
A tick living on a dog, the tick is sucking blood from the dog. What is this an example of and why? This is an example of parasitism.This is because the tick is benefitted by getting food and the dog is harmed.
Decomposers and scavengers have similar jobs. What are they and what is their jobs? Scavengers are animals that find and eat dead plants and animals.Decomposers are mainly micro-organisms that break down whatever is left after the scavenger is done.
An ecosystem consists of several parts.What are the parts of an ecosystem? The parts of an ecosystem consists of population, competition, limiting factors and carrying capacity.
An ecosystem has limiting factors.What are limiting factors? Limiting factors are anything that controls the number of a certain species in a populations.
In an ecosystem there is sometimes competition.What are species competing for and what does competition limit? In an ecosystem species are competing for food and space.Competition limits population growth.
In an ecosystem there is a carrying capacity. What is carrying capacity? Carrying capacity is the largest amount of specific species an ecosystem can have.
Population is the main part of an ecosystem. What effects a population? A population is effected by limiting factors, competition, and carrying capacity.
Oxpeckers land on zebras and eat ticks and other parasites that live on their skin.What relationship is this and why? This relationship is mutualism.This is mutualism because the oxpecker get food and the zebra is no longer bother by parasites.
The remora fish attaches itself to the bodies of sharks, and uses the shark for transportation and protection.What relationship is this and why? This relationship is commensalism.This is because the remora fish get transportation and protection but this does not effect a shark in any way.
Tapeworms attach themselves in the insides of humans intestines and eat partially digested food.What relationship would this be? This relationship would be a parasitism.This is because tapeworms are getting food but this is affecting humans in a bad way.
Mosquitoes bite and suck the blood of humans.What is the relationship? The relationship is parasitism.This is because the mosquitoes get food but, human get irritation.
A hummingbird lands on a flower and drinks the nectar. Which species is benefitted? Both the hummingbird and the flower are benefitted.The hummingbird is fed while the flower is pollinated.
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