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Activity 1.3: Types of Interactions

1. Predator – Prey
a. My groups definition BEFORE video: The predator hunts prey.

b. Example observed in video: Wolves hunting elk. Wolves being the predator and elk being the
prey.

c. My groups definition AFTER video: Predator hunt the food. Prey is the food.

d. Another example of this would be: Hawks eating squirrels.

2. Competition
a. My groups definition BEFORE video: The other animals that are eating the same food as other
animals.

b. Example observed in video: Grey wolf fight with bear to eat elk etc.

c. My groups definition AFTER video: Animals compete for food when there is LIMITED supply of
food.

d. Another example of this would be: Bears eating baby elk and wolves eating baby elk.

3. Symbiosis
a. Three types:
i. Type 1: Commensalism
1. My groups definition BEFORE video: One benefits and the other one doesn’t but
no animal is hurt.

2. Example observed in video: a remora attaches its self to a shark.

3. My groups definition AFTER video: Only on organism benefits but no one is hurt.

4. Another example of this would be: A bug hitchhiking on you.

ii. Type 1: Mutualism

1. My groups definition BEFORE video: Both organisms benefit.

2. Example observed in video: A bird eating tics off of a cow.

3. My groups definition AFTER video: Both organisms benefit.

4. Another example of this would be: The cleaner fish eat parasites off of from hose
fish.

iii. Type 1: Parasitism

1. My groups definition BEFORE video: One animal benefits and the other is hurt.

2. Example observed in video: Parasites clinging onto a hose fish.

3. My groups definition AFTER video: One organism benefits and the other doesn’t
but is also hurt.

4. Another example of this would be: A tic on a cow.