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Interactions in Ecosystems

DIRECTIONS: Use the reading and your prior knowledge to answer the questions.
1. A producer is
2. A consumer is
3. A predator-prey relationship is
4. Symbiosis is
5. Parasitism is
6. Commensalism is
7. Mutualism is
8. A niche is
9. What are the three types of symbiosis?​

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1. A producer is an organism that is capable of making its own food. For example, plants.

2. A consumer is an organism that cannot make its own food and hence fed on producers or other consumers. E.g humans

3. A predator-prey relationship is a relationship in which a predator organism eats a prey organism. For example, lion and zebra.

4. Symbiosis is a biological interaction between organisms of different species.

5. Parasitism is a biological interaction in which one organism gains benefit and harms the other organism.

6. Commensalism is a biological interaction in which one organism gains benefit whereas the other organism neither gets harmed nor gains any benefit.

7. Mutualism is a biological interaction in which both the organisms benefit from each other.

8. A niche is the role which an organism plays in a community or an ecosystem.

9. The three types of symbiosis are Parasitism, Commesalism and Mutualism.

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