INTERACTIONS IN A TROPICAL ECOSYSTEM

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Annabelle Matat-en

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Match

Match the following

SYM means

BIO means

Commensalism

together

life

an example of symbiosis

Producers provide food for the consumers which include herbivores-plant eating animals and carnivores-flesh eating animals. Herbivores provide food to the carnivores. Producers include trees, shrubs and other plant life in the forest.

Feeding relationships like food chain and food web occur among species in the forest ecosystem. Food chain starts with producer, a series of consumers and decomposers. Food web results from the interconnected food chains.

Match

Match the following ideas:

Food chain

Food web

Herbivore

Omnivore

Carnivore

the order in which organisms, or living

A complex network of feeding relationships

An animal that eats plants

An animal that eats both plants and animals

An animal that eats other animals

Multiple Choice

Which characteristics of a tropical rainforest most directly influences its high biodiversity?

Limited sunlight

Heavy rainfall

Poor soil quality

Constant temperature

Multiple Choice

What role does the emergent layer play in the overall health of a tropical rainforest?

Provides shelter for ground animals

Supports climbing plants

Absorbs the most sunlight

Retains the most water

Multiple Choice

How do the understory plants adapt to low light conditions in the tropical rainforest?

Thick bark

Large leaves

Deep roots

Tall stems

Multiple Choice

Which animal would you most likely find in the forest floor layer of a tropical rainforest?

Howler Monkey

Macaw

Sloth

Philippine Pangolin

Multiple Choice

How does the relationship between ants and acacia trees benefit both species?

Ants get shelter; trees get protected from herbivores

Ants get food; trees get fertilized

Ants get water; trees get cleaned

Ants get warmth; trees get pollinated

Categorize

Options (8)

Organize these options into the right categories:

Parasitism

Mutualism

Commensalism

Predation

Multiple Choice

Which pictures show commensalism? Choose all those that show this relationship

carabao/buffalo and cattle egrets

sea anemone and

Shark and Remora

Barnacles on whales

Open Ended

How is commensalism shown between a tree frog and a tree?

Type response here

Drag and Drop

Which animals show mutualism between organisms?

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

bee and sunflower

lion and zebra

shark and remora

cat and mouse

Real Life Application:

Open Ended

Are the interactions among living things and non-living things important? Why?

Type response here

Open Ended

How do real friends benefit from each other (have mutualistic relationship)?

Type response here

Let's Generalize

Labelling

Fill in the blanks with the correct answer to complete the paragraph.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Predation

ecosystem

food web

mutualism

canopy

emergent

Commensalism

understory

Food chain

forest floor

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