Extension for Essay
Name
Endless Interactions
Tape this into your journal
Communities are defined as all organisms that inhabit a particular area. This includes many populations (i.e., different species). The
following box will help you understand different types of interactions that occur as a result of sharing a living space. Use any
resource available to you (internet, textbook, other book, scientist friend – make sure they’re credible! , etc.)
Symbiotic
Relationship
Description of this relationship
(Hint: what does
symbiosis mean?)
Three specific examples of interacting species for each
type of relationship (see example below). Include here
who benefits (+) host or the symbiont? Who is at a
disadvantage? IS THERE even a disadvantage?
Source of this
information
1.
Mutualism
2.
3.
1.
Commensalism
2.
3.
1. Example: the organism [protist] responsible for
1. http://www.microbiology
bytes.com/introduction
/Malaria.html
causing malaria (+) is parasitic to humans (-)
Parasitism
2.
3.
Extension for Essay
Name
Endless Interactions
Tape this into your journal
Communities are defined as all organisms that inhabit a particular area. This includes many populations (i.e., different species). The
following box will help you understand different types of interactions that occur as a result of sharing a living space. Use any
resource available to you (internet, textbook, other book, scientist friend – make sure they’re credible! , etc.)
Symbiotic
Relationship
(Hint: what does
symbiosis mean?)
Description of this relationship
Three specific examples of interacting species for each
type of relationship (see example below). Include here
who benefits (+) host or the symbiont? Who is at a
disadvantage? IS THERE even a disadvantage?
Source of this
information
1.
Mutualism
2.
3.
1.
Commensalism
2.
3.
1. Example: the organism [protist] responsible for
Parasitism
causing malaria (+) is parasitic to humans (-)
2.
3.
1. http://www.microbiology
bytes.com/introduction
/Malaria.html