17. Biomagnification - As a pollutant moves through a food chain, its effects are magnified. Ex - Mercury in an aquatic food chain - Show how many mercurys were found at each level of the food chain: Explain what happened with the food chain and the mercury in the activity we did in class. Ecological Interactions: 18. —when two organisms of the same or different species attempt to use an ecological resource in the same place at the same time. Give 3 examples: 19. Niche—the ecological niche involves both the where an organism lives and the that an organism has in its 20. What is the difference in a worm's habitat and its niche? 21. What is Predation? 22. How does a predator change the population of its prey? How does the prey change the population of its predator? Symbiosis: 23. 2 species live together. Mutualism both Ex- 24, Commensalism - 1 species is and the other is not or Ex- 25. Parasitism - Lis and the other is Ex-il. GH Te Mi30. Plants have adapted to survive in What happens to a garden or field when their environments over time. plants are removed in the fall and not Some of the ways we call tropisms — replanted in the spring? - Make a prediction about what would grow by touch (ex. Vines) happen if you didn't mow your lawn for - the next 40 years. grow towards the light (ex. A sunflower bending towards the light) growing down because of gravity (ex. Root ) Succession: the series of changes that take place in a community; either as initial growth or new growth 33. succession- growth ina lifeless area, soil not yet formed Ex: new volcanic island/the land under a retreating glacier &, [ Fenoer Spies Trem Bowes 34. Succession- the regrowth of an existing community after a disturbance that leaves the soil intact (Begins with soil already there) ‘Secondary Suceession s