Interactions in Ecosystems (Background)

run fast to escape predators

hide using camouflage

eat only plants

make its own food

a plant

an animal that eats plants

an animal that eats animals

a plant that eats animals

always hunts and kills prey to get its nutrients

sometimes hunts and kills prey to get its nutrients

sometimes eats plants to get its nutrients

sometimes eats dead animals to get its nutrients

fox, pig, bobcat

raccoon, pig, bear

fox, raccoon, deer

bear, deer, human

buzzard

raccoon

roly-poly bug

rattlesnake

lynx (cat)

snowshoe hare (rabbit)

yes, we both benefit

no, I am not getting a benefit

no, it is a relationship between different species

no, they are not getting a benefit

yes, they both benefit

no, only the birds benefit

sometimes; the birds don't stay in the nest all the time

no, only the tree benefits

commensalism

mutualism

parasitism

commensalism

mutualism

parasitism

commensalism

mutualism

parasitism

commensalism

mutualism

parasitism