Ecology

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Ecology

• 1.3 E Interactions Within Communities

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Interactions

• Energy is stored in the chemical bonds of sugar
• producers organisms that use outside energy
  source (sun) to make energy rich molecules
• chemosynthesis use chemicals to make energy

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Interactions

• consumers organisms that cant make their own
  energy
• Food chain simple model of the feeding
  relationship in an ecosystem
• Symbiosis a close relationship between species

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Interactions

• Mutualism both organisms benefit from each
  other (termites and protozoa)
• Commensalism one organisms benefits while the
  other is unaffected (anemone fish)
• Parasitism one is benefited while the other is
  harmed (lamprey shark)

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Pilot fish swim along side a shark
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Interactions

• Niche requirements that an organism has for its
  survival (food, mate, shelter, avoid danger)
• Predator-Prey Relationship predators limit the
  size of the prey population
• Cooperation organisms help each other (schools
  of fish, flocks of geese)

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Interactions

• Producer
• Consumer
• Symbiosis
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Niche
• Cooperation