PICTURE OUT THIS LAKE.

IMAGINE THOSE LIVING ORGANISMS THAT INHABIT HERE..

LESSON 18
BIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS By: VANGIE HAILAR

KINDS OF BIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS

1. MUTUALISM 2. COMMENSALISM 3. PREDATION 4. PARASITISM 5. COMPETITION

SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP

WHEN ORGANISMS LIVE IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH ONE ANOTHER

MUTUALISM

MUTUALISM
A RELATIONSHIP WHERE TWO ORGANISMS LIVE TOGETHER THAT IS HELPFUL TO BOTH THERE IS A CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH EACH OTHER INDIVIDUALS ALL BENEFIT FROM THE ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED

EXAMPLE 1

CORALS AND ALGAE

EXAMPLE 2

YUCCA PLANT AND FEMALE YUCCA MOTH

EXAMPLE 3

CYCLING OF NITROGEN

COMMENSALISM

COMMENSALISM
A RELATIONSHIP WHERE ONE ORGANISM IS HELPED AND THE OTHER IS NEITHER HELPED NOR HARMED A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WHERE ONE INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS FROM THE OTHER WITHOUT CAUSING HARM

EXAMPLE 1

THE BROMELIADS ATTACHES ITSELF ON TREES

EXAMPLE 2

REMORA ATTACHES ITSELF TO THE SHARK

WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN...

PREDATION

PREDATION
A RELATIONSHIP WHERE ANIMALS HUNT,KILL,AND EAT OTHER ANIMALS

PREDATION
PREDATORORGANISM THAT KILLS AND EATS OTHER ANIMALS PREY-ANIMALS THAT ARE CAPTURED,KILLED AND EATEN USUALLY BY LARGER ANIMALS

EXAMPLE 2
A TIGER AND A DEER

PARASITISM

PARASITISM
A RELATIONSHIP WHERE ONE ORGANISM BENEFITS AND THE OTHER IS HARMED ONE ORGANISM LIVES WITH THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER ORGANISM FOR FOOD AND SHELTER

EXAMPLE 1

. .. .. ..... . . . . . . A DOG WITH

FLEAS

EXAMPLE 2
A BUR MARIGOLD PLANT DEPENDS ON OTHER MEMBERS OF ECOSYSTEM FOR SEED DISPERSAL

COMPETITION

COMPETITION
A RELATIONSHIP WHERE TWO ORGANISMS REQUIRE THE SAME RESOURCES AND ARE COMPETING EACH OTHER TO MEET THEIR NEEDS SUCH AS FOOD, LIGHT AND WATER

EXAMPLE 1
HAWK AND SNAKE COMPETE FOR THE MOUSE

EXAMPLE 2

PLANTS COMPETE FOR SUNLIGHT

EVALUATION
A. Identify the following terms described on each number. _____1. A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed. _____2. A relationship where two organisms live together in a relationship that is helpful to both. _____3. A relationship where one organism is helped and the other is neither helped nor harmed. _____4. A relationship where animals hunt, kill and eat other animals. _____5. A relationship where two organisms require the same resources and are competing with each other to meet their needs. B. Give two examples on each type of biotic relationship.

ASSIGNMENT
READ ABOUT FOOD CHAINS AND FOOD WEB AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. Define food chain. 2. What is the difference between herbivores and producers? 3. Draw a simple example of a food chain.

REFERENCES
Science and Technology 11 pp. 42-45 Or any biology Book

PREPARED BY:

EVANGELENE E. HAILAR