5.4 Vocab Cards
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Which organisms use the many different resources and live in varied environments?
Generalists
Which interaction is represented by the symbols +/0?
Commensalism
What might happen in a response to predator-prey interactions? (Hint: what might happen to the outside of the individual?)
Camouflage Mimicry Warning coloration
Describe symbiosis…
A close, long-lasting relationship where at least one species benefits
Overlapping niches describe what?
Two species using the same food source in the same place at the same time
What eats only animals or other consumers?
Carnivores
What is predation?
When a predator hunts, kills, and consumes prey
What do omnivores eat?
Both animals and plants
What are specialists?
Organisms that rely on one or a few specific resources and have narrow habitats? (Very specific)
What does organism’s tolerance describe?
It’s ability to survive and reproduce under changing conditions
Character displacement is a result of what process?
Resource partitioning over time
In commensalism, how are the species affected?
One benefits and the other is unaffected
What is an example of a specialist species?
Koalas eating only eucalyptus leaves
Which interaction is represented by the symbols +/+?
Mutualism
A tick living on a dog and feeding on its blood is an example of:
Parasitism
What is an example of mutualism
Bees pollinating flowers while collecting nectar
Which interaction is represented by the symbols +/–?
Predation of parasitism
Overlapping niches usually lead to…
Competition for limited resources
What happens in herbivory?
An animal is feeding on a plant
When several woodpecker species feed on different parts of the same tree, this is an example of:
Resource partitioning
Coeveolution occurs when…
Two species evolve in response to changes in each other
Which interaction is represented by the symbols -/-?
Competition
What happens when one species completely prevents another from using a resource?
Competition exclusion