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    This document discusses three main types of interactions between living things: prey-predator relationships, competition, and symbiosis. In a prey-predator relationship, a predator eats prey and populations fluctuate depending on available resources. Competition occurs when organisms of the same or different species require the same limited resources. Symbiosis describes close relationships where organisms live together, and can be mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic depending on the impact to each species.

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    This document discusses three main types of interactions between living things: prey-predator relationships, competition, and symbiosis. In a prey-predator relationship, a predator eats prey and populations fluctuate depending on available resources. Competition occurs when organisms of the same or different species require the same limited resources. Symbiosis describes close relationships where organisms live together, and can be mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic depending on the impact to each species.

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    This document discusses three main types of interactions between living things: prey-predator relationships, competition, and symbiosis. In a prey-predator relationship, a predator eats prey and populations fluctuate depending on available resources. Competition occurs when organisms of the same or different species require the same limited resources. Symbiosis describes close relationships where organisms live together, and can be mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic depending on the impact to each species.

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    Interaction

    between living
    things

    Types Of Interactions
    Prey-predator
    Symbiosis
    Competition
    Prey-Predator

    Competition

    Symbiosis

    Prey and Predator

    This includes a predator and a prey, herbivore-plant,


    and parasite-host interactions.
    The predator eats the prey and the prey gets eaten by
    its predator
    The relationship of this interaction is That predators
    increase when prey are abundant
    In complex systems, there could be more than one prey
    which means the predator will have more choices of food
    which will allow the population of prey to increase
    Examples of prey-predator :snake and rat,tiger and
    antelopes

    Competition

    COMPETITIONISANINTERACTIONBETWEENORGANISMSORSPECIESINWHICH
    THEYWILLCOMPETEBETWEENEACHOTHERFORLIMITEDSUPPLYOFAT
    LEASTONERESOURCE(SUCHASFOOD,WATER,ANDTERRITORY)USEDBY
    BOTHCANBEAFACTOR.

    COMPETITIONAMONGMEMBERSOFTHESAMESPECIESISKNOWNAS
    INTRASPECIFICCOMPETITION,WHILECOMPETITIONBETWEENINDIVIDUALSOF
    DIFFERENTSPECIESISKNOWNASINTERSPECIFICCOMPETITION.COMPETITION
    ISNOTALWAYSSTRAIGHTFORWARD,ANDCANOCCURINBOTHADIRECTAND
    INDIRECTFASHION.

    SPECIESLESSSUITEDTOCOMPETEFORRESOURCESSHOULDEITHERADAPT
    ORDIEOUT,ALTHOUGHCOMPETITIVEEXCLUSIONISRARELYFOUNDIN
    NATURALECOSYSTEMS.
    ANIMALSDOCOMPETETOBETHELEADEROFTHEIRTRIBETOO

    Symbiosis
    Symbiosis describes close interactions between two or more different
    species. It is different from regular interactions between species, because in a
    symbiotic relationship, the two species in the relationship live together. Many
    organisms are involved in symbiotic relationships because this interaction
    provides benefits to both species. However, there are types of symbiosis that
    are not beneficial and may in fact harm one or both of the species.
    Symbiotic relationships can be obligate or facultative. Obligate symbiosis
    is when two organisms are in a symbiotic relationship because they can't
    survive without each other. Facultative symbiosis is when the species live
    together by choice. There are four main types of symbiotic relationships:
    mutualism, commensalism, parasitism and competition.

    Symbiosis-Mutualism
    Mutualism occurs when both species benefit from the
    interaction. Because mutualism is beneficial for both species
    involved, there are a wide variety of mutualistic interactions, and
    these are most common in nature.
    For example, there may be a nutritional benefit to be gained from
    the symbiosis, such as with lichen. Lichen is made up of both
    algae and fungi, and together they provide each other with food
    and structure.

    Symbiosis- commensalism
    Commensalism usually occurs between a species that is either
    vulnerable to predation or with an inefficient means of
    locomotion, and another species with a relatively effective system
    of defence. For example certain Goby species live amongst the
    spines of toxic sea-urchins such as Astropyga radiata, so gaining
    protection from their host; while a similar relationship occurs
    between a jellyfish. In both instances the fish benefit, while their
    host is neither advantaged nor disadvantaged by the relationship.

    Symbiosis -parasitism
    In a parasitic relationship, the host species is always exploited to
    some degree, although often in such a way that its health is
    impaired only slowly. This allows the parasite to exploit its host
    over a longer period. Many parasites only spend a portion of their
    lives in the relationship, either to reproduce, or during an initial
    growth stage.
    Parasites can be divided into two basic categories, Ectoparasites
    and Endoparasites

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