1. These are 3 of the interactions found within an ecosystem

2. Why is this happening? What’s going on? What do we call this?
The lion is hungry and needs energy
Then lion is attacking the zebra
What do we call this?
Predation – when one organism (the predator) eats another organism (the prey).

3. What’s going on? Why is this happening? What do we call this?
The oxpecker is on the rhino
Why is this happening?
The oxpecker picks the bugs off the rhino so the rhino gets free pest control and bird gets a meal.
What do we call this?
Mutualism – when both organisms benefit
from the relationship/interaction.

4. The rams are fighting
They both want the right to mate with the ladies
Intraspecies/Intraspecific Competition – when one organism competes with another organism of the same species for resources.

5. Resources include things such as…
Water
Food
Power
Mates
Territory
Shelter
Sunlight
Nutrients in soil