Adapting to the environment
E.Q.: How can changes in an environment bring changes to organisms?
1. How do organisms adapt to their environment?
2. What is carrying capacity?
3. What are limiting factors? Give 3 examples.
4. What is a change over time between two independent organisms at the same time which benefit each
other?
5. What is a niche?
Interactions in our Ecosystem
E.Q.: What are the different interactions amongst organisms in an ecosystem?
1. What are the three types of interactions of organisms?
2. Which interaction involves a struggle between organisms based on limited resources?
3. Describe Predation. What are the two roles in predation?
4. What are two ways organisms can adapt for protection from predators? Describe each.
5. What is symbiosis?
Symbiosis
E. Q. How does each symbiotic relationship compare and contrast?
1. What are the 3 types of symbiotic relationships?
2. Which relationship involves both species benefitting? Give an example.
3. Which relationship involves one species benefitting and the other is neither helped nor harmed?
Give an example.
4. Which relationship involves one species benefitting and the other species being harmed? Give
an example.
5. What are the two roles in parasitism?