Effects of

Interactions Among
Organisms in their
Environment
Identify Changes in
Materials that are
Useful in the
Environment
Ecology is the study
of the interaction of
loving things and
their environment
What’s
New ?
What
is it
1. What type of interaction exists
in the following:
a. When both organisms
benefited from each other.
b. Wherein organisms compete
for survival.
c. Where one organism
benefited while the other is
badly harmed.
d. When one organism benefit
while the other is neither
harmed nor affected.
2. In what way
competition affects
the two interacting
organisms?
Types of Interaction in the ecosystem:
•Mutualism- is a type of interaction
where both species benefit from the
relationship.
•Commensalism- is a type of interaction
where one organism
benefits while the other is neither
harmed nor affected.
• Predation –is a type of
interaction where one benefits
while the other is harmed or
badly affected. The one that
usually benefits is called a
predator. The one that is harmed
is called a prey.
• Parasitism- is a type of
interaction where the
organism that usually benefits
is called a parasite and the
one that is affected is called a
host.
• Competition- is a type of a
harmful interaction. It is the striving
between organisms for the things
needed for survival such as food,
shelter, sunshine, space, water, and
other things. In this kind of
relationship, each organism is called
a competitor
 All organisms interact with the
things around them. Living things
affect one another and are also
affected by the non-living things that
surround them. Living and non-living
things interact which allows
essential life-sustaining process on
Earth to continue.
 All organisms interact with the
things around them. Living things
affect one another and are also
affected by the non-living things that
surround them. Living and non-living
things interact which allows
essential life-sustaining process on
Earth to continue.
What’s
More
 What I
Have Learned
Identify the type of
interaction that
exists among these
organisms.
What I
Can Do
Analyze the following
interactions among
organisms. Give the effects
of each interaction to their
environment.
1. Male elephants fight with
each other so that the
dominant one will get to
breed with the female.
2. Barnacles are small sea
animals which attach
themselves to the body of
whales to get food and to
move from one place to
another.
3. The pine beetle lays its
eggs in the branches of
pine trees. When the larvae
are hatched, they feed on
the leaves of the pine tree.
4. The lichen consists of a
fungus and an algae
growing together. The
fungus gets food from the
algae while the algae get a
place to live in.
5. A Pitcher plant
catches insects
for food