Learning Objective: 2.

2 Evaluating the interaction between living organisms

Learning Outcomes:
List the type of interactions between living organisms.
Explain with examples the interactions between living organisms.
Justify the importance of interaction between living organisms and the
environment
1.

Complete the table below to list the types of interactions between living
organisms using the words given.
Mutualism

Prey-predator

Interaction

Parasitism
Example

Frog and insect

Tapeworms and humans
Commensalisms

Remora fish and sharks

Lichen and algae

Competition
2.

Fishes in a pond

Underline the correct answer in the statements below to explain the interaction
between a cat and a mouse.
a. A cat is a hunter that hunts its food at night and is called the (prey / predator).
b. A mouse searches food at night and becomes a (prey / predator) because it is
often being hunted by cats.

3.

Write True (T) or False (F) for the following statements to justify the importance
of interaction between buffaloes and the environment.

a. If the population of buffaloes increases rapidly,

the population of grass will also increase.
b. If the population of birds increases rapidly,
the population of insects will decrease.
c. If all the grass in the area dies, the population of
buffaloes, birds and insects will also decrease.

Learning Objective: 2.2 Evaluating the interaction between living organisms

Answer Scheme
1.

Complete the table below to list the types of interactions between living
organisms using the words given.
Mutualism

Prey-predator

Interaction
Prey-predator

2.

Parasitism
Example

Frog and insect

Parasitism

Tapeworms and humans

Commensalisms

Remora fish and sharks

Mutualism

Lichen and algae

Competition

Fishes in a pond

Underline the correct answer in the statements below to explain the interaction
between a cat and a mouse.
a. A cat is a hunter that hunts its food at night and is called the (Prey / Predator).
b. A mouse searches food at night and becomes a (prey / predator) because it is
often being hunted by cats.

3.

Write True (T) or False (F) for the following statements to justify the importance
of interaction between buffaloes and the environment.

a. If the population of buffaloes increases rapidly,

the population of grass will also increase.

b. If the population of birds increases rapidly,

the population of insects will decrease.

c. If all the grass in the area dies, the population of

buffaloes, birds and insects will also decrease.