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BIO 182 Community Ecology Module 5 Questions and
Answers with Solutions UPDATED!!!
Two or more species competing for a resource in short supply: -
ANSWER Competition (-/-)
One species kills and eats the other (diverse adaptations): -
ANSWER Predation (+/-)
Animal eats a plant or alga. Plants have defense mechanisms
but animals have feeding adaptations: - ANSWER Herbivory (+/-
)
Organisms derives nourishment from second organism, which is
harmed: - ANSWER Parasitism (+/-)
Both species benefit from interaction: - ANSWER Mutualism
(+/+)
One species benefits, the other in unaffected: - ANSWER
Commensalism (+/0)
BIO 182 Community Ecology Module 5 Questions and
Answers with Solutions UPDATED!!!
Two or more species competing for a resource in short supply: -
ANSWER Competition (-/-)
One species kills and eats the other (diverse adaptations): -
ANSWER Predation (+/-)
Animal eats a plant or alga. Plants have defense mechanisms
but animals have feeding adaptations: - ANSWER Herbivory (+/-
)
Organisms derives nourishment from second organism, which is
harmed: - ANSWER Parasitism (+/-)
Both species benefit from interaction: - ANSWER Mutualism
(+/+)
One species benefits, the other in unaffected: - ANSWER
Commensalism (+/0)
