ENVIRNONMENTAL SCIENCE A

Section 2.2 How Species Interact with Each Other

There are 5 major types of species interaction

•  1. Preedation - when one organism, predator, kills and eats another, prey
  •   Examples include; fox and rabbit, lion and gazelle
•  2. Competition - when two or more organisms compete of the same resource
  •  Examples include: Humans and Pandas compete over bamboo insects competing for the same flower, plants compete for sunlight on the forrest floor
• 3. Parasitism - the relationship between a parasite - an oraganism that lives on or in another, the host
  • Examples include: ringworms in a dog, ticks on a human tapeworms in a dog or human, mistletoe on a poplar
• 4. Mutalism - the relationship between two organisms in which each benefit
  •  Examples include:  ants and the acacia tree, barancle and a whale, bird and a hippo
• 5.Commensalism - the relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither harmed or helped
  • Examples include: the shark and the remora, humans and vultures