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D0796386 BIO C04 L02 Lesson Review Workbook B

The document defines key terms related to niches and community interactions in ecology. It provides definitions for terms like niche, competitive exclusion principle, habitat, herbivory, keystone species, mutualism, parasitism, resource, symbiosis, and tolerance. It also includes a chapter mystery about how the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park affected elk populations and plant communities in the park.

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D0796386 BIO C04 L02 Lesson Review Workbook B

The document defines key terms related to niches and community interactions in ecology. It provides definitions for terms like niche, competitive exclusion principle, habitat, herbivory, keystone species, mutualism, parasitism, resource, symbiosis, and tolerance. It also includes a chapter mystery about how the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park affected elk populations and plant communities in the park.

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Name Class Date

4.2 Niches and Community Interactions


Lesson Objectives
Define niche.
Describe the role competition plays in shaping communities.
Describe the role predation and herbivory play in shaping communities.
Identify the three types of symbiotic relationships in nature.

BUILD Vocabulary
A. The chart below shows key terms from the lesson with their definitions. Complete the chart by
writing a strategy to help you remember the meaning of each term. One has been done for you.

Term Definition How I’m Going to Remember the


Meaning

Commensalism A relationship where one organism


benefits and the other is neither
helped nor harmed

Competitive The rule that says that no two species


exclusion can occupy exactly the same niche in
principle the same habitat at exactly the same
time

Habitat The general place where an organism


lives

Herbivory Interaction in which one animal feeds


on producers

Keystone A species in which a change in its


species population causes a dramatic change
in the structure of the community

Mutualism A relationship between organisms in


which both benefit

Continued on next page


Name Class Date

Term Definition How I’m Going to Remember the


Meaning

Niche What an organism does and how it


interacts with the abiotic and biotic
factors in the environment

Parasitism A relationship in which one organism


lives on or inside of another organism
and harms it

Resource Any necessity of life, such as water,


nutrients, light, food and space

Symbiosis Any relationship in which two


organisms live closely together

Tolerance The ability to survive and reproduce A tolerant person gets along with
under a range of environmental all sorts of people and their
conditions differences; tolerance in biology
enables organisms to get along in a
variety of conditions.

B. As you work through this lesson, you may find these terms in the activities. When you need to
write a key term or a definition, highlight the term or the definition.

CHAPTER
MYSTERY
The Wolf Effect The introduction of wolf packs into Yellowstone National Park
dramatically changed the park environment. A wolf is a predator. It likes to prey on elk.
Elk are herbivores. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a “before-after” diagram that
shows how the presence of wolves has affected both the elks and the plants in the park.

Before the Wolves Were ReintroducedAfter the Wolves Were Reintroduced


Name Class Date

BUILD Understanding
Concept Map A concept map can help you organize information and show how ideas are
connected.
As you read Lesson 2, place the terms from the box in the correct location in the concept
map.

commensalism parasitism herbivory


mutualism competitive exclusion principle predation

depends on range of
lives in a special Tolerance
place called its
An organism Habitat
principle that states that
two species cannot occupy
the same niche
has a special
“job” called its
Niche

one type is to
hunt and kill
depends on
prey called
available food another type is
which is to eat plants
Resource
develops relationships with
other organisms called
Symbioses

where both 3 TYPES where one benefits;


organisms benefit other unaffected

where one organism


benefits while one is
harmed

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