Chapter 7 ELEMENTS OF MICROBIAL NUTRITION, ECOLOGY, & GROWTH.
Ecosystems, Biomes, and Climate JEOPARDY!! Species’ Interactions and Response to Disturbances (Communities) Populations’ Dynamics and Growth Weather and.
Species Interactions Section 2-1. Species Interactions Species within a community develop close interactions, known as symbiosis. –“Sym” means together.
Species Interaction. Questions for Today: What are the five ways species interact with each other? How does competition effect species interactions? Describe.
Ecosystems An ecosystem is all the organisms that live in an area together with non-living factors of the environment.
6.1 Relationships in the Ecosystem. Predators and Prey Predator= A consumer that actively hunts other living organisms. Prey= The organism that a predator.
ECOSYSTEM BALANCE 1. Symbiosis Symbiosis is any relationship in which two species live closely together. 3 types ◦ 1. Parasitism – a relationship.
Chapter 20 Community Ecology. Adaptations of Predators Spiders Sticky Web Wolf’s teeth- made for cutting flesh The speed of a cheetah Natural.
ECOSYSTEM BALANCE
1 Species Interaction. Species Interact in Five Major Ways Interspecific Competition Predation Parasitism Mutualism Commensalism 2.
Population Growth Exponential and Logistic IB Environmental Studies 2004 – Darrel Holnes.
Outcomes of Competition Niches of similar species may overlap. Two species cannot compete for the same limiting resource for long. eventually one species.