Organization and Relationships

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Organization andRelationships

• Section 2.1

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Organization in Ecology

• organism smallest level (one)
• population group of organisms of one species
  that live together
• community group of interacting populations
• ecosystem communities and abiotic factors
  (environment)
• biome group of ecosystems with similar
  characteristics can be found in different parts
  of the world
• biosphere area supports life around Earth

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Relationships in Ecology

• Symbiosis relationships among organisms of
  different species
• mutualism both species benefit from interaction
• commensalism one species benefits, the other is
  neither harmed nor helped
• parasitism one species benefits by harming the
  other species but usually doesnt kill it
• predator-prey NOT symbiotic, one species kills
  and eats the other species

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What kind of relationship is this?
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