Biology Essentials- Populations Guided Viewing Worksheet Name: ________________________________________________ 1: What is symbiosis? What is a good example of a symbiotic relationship?

Living together. Ex/ clown sh, and the the sea anemone. 2: List all of the types of interactions between two types of organisms in an ecosystem (give an example of each). Type of Interaction Neutralism Amensalism Commensalism Competition Mutualism Predation or Parasitism Effect on X
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Effect on Y
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Wolves, linches Penicillin, bacteria

Jackals, tigers Lion, cheetah Insects, owers. Mantis, Bee.

3: Ecosystem Feedback Mechanisms Explain how the Wolves/Elk populations in Yellowstone are a great example of a symbiotic relationship and a negative feedback loop. They depended on elk, but the population started to dropped. They had less to eat, and the wolves population dropped too.Then 4: What is the definition of a population? when theres less wolves the elk increased. This is going to be the same, and keep on being. Organisms living together in a ecosystem. 5: Discuss what is happening with the Kudzu Plant in the United States and explain how this is an example of a symbiotic relationship (which?).
It was brought from japan, and the amount of it grow in abundance. But then it was moved to another different ecosystem, which didnt work. Theres a bug that eats the kudzu and it feeds decreasing the population. Te