 The full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which they use those conditions. Niche

  The animals food.  How they get their food.  What other animals eat them! A animal’s NICHE includes:

  What do they eat?  How do they get their food?  What PREDATOR do you think eats them? Examples: Warbler Bird

  One organism captures and feeds on another organism.  The organism that does the killing and eating is the PREDATOR. Predation

 ANY NECESSITY IF LIFE!  Water  Food  Light  Area an animal lives in. What is a Resource?

  No two animals can have the same niche in the same habitat at the same time. Competitive Exclusion Principle

  A relationship in which TWO species live closely together. Symbiosis

  Mutualism  Commensalism  Parasitism 3 Types of Symbiosis

  Both species BENEFIT.  Example: Flower and Insect. Feeding and Pollination. Mutualism

  One animal BENEFITS and one is not helped or harmed.  Example: Elephant and birds Commensalism

  One organism lives on or inside the other and HARMS that organism.  Example: Fleas and Dogs Parasitism

 Fleas = PARASITE (causes HARM) Dog= HOST (is HARMED by the flea) DOGS and FLEAS