PRAYER

ATTENDANCE
“Beneficial or Harmful?”
SCIENCE 4
QUARTER 2 WEEK 6
JESSICA T. CLAUSTRO
 Types of Interactions
1. Beneficial Interactions
 Mutualism – is a type of interaction where both organisms benefit from
the relationship.
 Example: Flower and a Bee
 The bees feed on the nectar of the flower, while the flower gets pollinated when the
bee transfers from one flower to the other flower.
 Commensalism – is a type of interaction where one organism benefits
while the other is not benefited or not harmed.
 Example: Orchid plant growing on a branch/trunk of a tree
 The orchid plant grows on a tree. It does not harm the tree. The tree gets nothing
from the orchid plant.
 Types of Interactions
2. Harmful Interactions
 Predation – one organism is benefited while the other is badly affected
(killed or eaten). In the ecosystem. this is a natural control of the size of
population of an organism.
 The organisms in the relationship are the following:
 Predator – the organism that benefits in the relationship.
 Prey – the organism that is eaten or killed.
 Example: Bird and the Worm
 Predator – bird (eats the worm)
 Prey – worm (eaten by the bird)
 Types of Interactions
2. Harmful Interactions
 Parasitism – one organism is benefited while the other is harmed or
badly affected.
 The organisms in this interaction are the following:
 Parasite – the organism that benefits in the relationship. May be found
outside the body (external) or inside the body (internal).
 Host – the organism that harmed or badly affected.
 Example: Dog and Ticks
 Host – Dog (harmed by the sucking of the ticks of its blood)
 Parasite – Ticks (sucks on the blood of the dog)
 Types of Interactions
2. Harmful Interactions
 Competition is another interaction in the environment. Organisms may
compete for food, water, sunlight or space.
 Examples:
 1. The interaction between the lions eating a buffalo is called competition.
 2. Plants growing very near each other compete for water, nutrients, and
sunlight.
 3. Mongo plants planted very near each other compete for resources to grow
and survive.
 ACTIVITY
Direction: Below are some situations. Identify what is the answer for each situation. Choose
your answer from the list provided in the box. Write only the letter of your chosen answer.

____ 1. The frog eats the grasshopper.

____ 2. Six kittens born to a cat with four nipples.
____ 3. The snake eats the rat. The snake is the ___.
____ 4. Egrets eat the ticks of the carabaos.
____ 5. In the interaction between a head lice and a girl, the
girl is the________.