APES 1.1 Introduction to Ecosystems

Organic matter, living things. EX: oysters, blue crabs, zooplankton, phytoplankton, jellyfish, kelp, grass, trees, birds, etc.

________ can cause diseases in their hose called pathogens.

Climate, nonliving things. EX: Sunlight, temperature, nutrients, humidity, soil, rocks

A positive/negative relationship between predator and prey where the predator survives by killing and eating prey

A predator that kills their prey and consume most of what they kill

Predators that consume plants as prey. They usually only eat a portion of the individual plant without killing it

Predators that live on or in the organism they consume, called the ‘host.’ They rarely causes the death of their host. They can cause diseases in their host called pathogens.

Predators that are organisms that lay their eggs inside of other organisms. When the eggs hatch the larvae consume the host from the inside out, usually killing the host.

A symbiotic relationship in which both species involved benefit from the interaction by allowing for an increase in the probability of survival and/or reproduction

A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits from the interaction while the other species is not affected by the interaction

A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits from the interaction while the other species is harmed by the interaction

Using resources in different ways, places, or at different times. This can reduce the negative impact of competition

________ usually kill their prey and consume most of what they kill.

States that two species competing for the same limiting resource cannot coexist

When the eggs hatch the ________ larvae consume the host from the inside out, usually killing the host.

________ live on or in the organism they consume, called the ‘ host.

Organic matter, living things

oysters, blue crabs, zooplankton, phytoplankton, jellyfish, kelp, grass, trees, birds, etc

Climate, nonliving things

Sunlight, temperature, nutrients, humidity, soil, rocks

A symbiotic relationship in which both species involved benefit from the interaction by allowing for an increase in the probability of survival and/or reproduction

A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits from the interaction while the other species is not affected by the interaction

A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits from the interaction while the other species is harmed by the interaction

Using resources in different ways, places, or at different times

States that two species competing for the same limiting resource cannot coexist