Ecological Interactions Notes Name______________________

First you will make a prediction about the type of relationship that the two organisms have. After looking at the posters your will describe and identify the actual relationship.

Interacting Species Pair

Prediction Actual Relationship

Description of Relationship

Barnacle/Humpback Whale(only 7-3)

Tang Fish/Green Sea Turtle(all sections)

Hermit Crab/Sea Anemone(all sections)

Blue Ringed Octopus/Loggerhead Sea Turtle(only 7-2 & 7-3)

Reindeer (Caribou)/Arctic Fox(only 7-2 & 7-4)

LS 49

Types of Relationships: predation, competition, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism

Interacting Species Pair

Prediction Actual Relationship

Description of Relationship

Cowbird/Northern Mockingbird(all sections)

Desert Tortoise/Raven(only 7-1 & 7-3)

Barn Owl/Northern Leopard Frog(only 7-2 & 7-4)

Adelie Penguin/ Leopard Seal/Polar Bear(all sections but no polar bear in 7-2)

Gray Fox/Bobcat(all sections)

Black Rhino/Cattle Egret(all sections)

Vampire Bat/Cow(all sections)