Symbiotic Relationships 3/5

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Imagine that one afternoon you decide to sit on the couch and watch TV. As you turn the power button on, you realize that the Animal Planet channel happens to be playing. After watching the brutal world of the animal kingdom on television, you'd probably wish to forget ever wanting to be an animal part of any biodiversity ecosystem. Especially not the prey. But what does it mean to be prey exactly? To be prey means to be hunted and killed to provide as a food resource to other animals. So if you aren't a prey animal, then what type of animal are you? To be on the other side of the scenario means that you are the predator. If you didn't already know, a predator is an animal that naturally preys on others. Simply, a predator is the animal that hunts and kills the prey for food. The way animals interact with each other on television is often portrayed as only being predator vs. prey. However there is so much more! Many different relationships occur between these organisms. These interactions are called symbiotic relationships. Symbiotic means when two organisms survive together and alter how the other one lives. The symbiotic relationship that is mostly shown on TV is called Predation. Predation is when one organism consumes all or part of another for food. Another symbiotic relationship that is also shown on television is Competition. Competition is when two organisms are competing for resources. In contrast, there are two other symbiotic relationships that are somewhat opposite to Predation and Competition and aren't commonly shown on TV. These two relationships are called Mutualism and Commensalism. In Mutualism and Commensalism, the two organisms do not harm each other. Unlike Predation, where the predators potientally kill the prey and unlike Competition, where one organism harms the other by taking away their resources for survival. These resources include water, food, shelter, and protection. Mutualism is when both organisms benefit or get something good from the relationship. Commensalism is when one organism benefits while the other neither benefits nor is harmed. The fifth and final symbiotic relationship that occurs in wildlife is Parasitism. Parasitism is much like Predation where one organism (usually a tiny animal) gets its energy from another organism while harming it. However in Parasitism, the organism that is harmed usually isn't killed.

S&EP - SP7: Engaging in argument from evidence

I used evidence to defend my explanation. I filled out a note taking worksheet about all five symbiotic relationships and answered another worksheet where I had to find out what type of relationship was present in certain situations and explain how I know, providing the note taking worksheet that I filled out previously, as evidence. I formulated evidence based on solid data when I stated that the interaction between the ants and the acacia tree, where the ants use the tree as shelter and the tree uses the ants as protection, is the relationship Mutualism. Using the information that Mutualism is when both organisms benefit from the relationship from the note taking sheet, as evidence. I examined my own understanding in light of the evidence. I used to think that a symbiotic relationship was another type of interaction that was apart of the five different relationships, but because of watching a couple of videos that were provided to my classmates and I, now I think that symbiotic relationships is the general idea of what these five relationships are. It is the sort of topic that these relatioships are categorized under. I collaborated with my peers in searching for the best explanation. I did some research on symbiotic relationships which I discussed with the classmates located at the table I sit in. Together we figured out that there are five different symbiotic relationships that describe the different interactions that occur between two organisms in the wild.

XCC: Cause and effect

The cause and effect relationship that occurs in symbiotic relationships are mainly seen in Predation, Competition, and Parasitism. The cause and effect relationship in Predation is between the predator and the prey. In this case, the predator usually effects the prey. This is because the natural instincts of the predator to hunt down the prey for food and consume it, effects the prey by tremendously harming it. This action potientally kills the prey or injures parts of its body. The cause and effect relationship that happens in Competition is between either two organisms from different species or two organisms in the same population and species. In Competition, the effect of one organism to the other can happen either way. More specifically, either this organism can effect the other or the other organism can effect this organism. The actions that one organism takes to compete for resources such as water, food, or shelter, effects the other by harming it. This harms the other organism by taking away a key resource it needs to survive. Once again, this can happen both ways. Lastly, the cause and effect relationship that occurs in Parastism is between the very small organism, usually parasites or insects, and the other organism that is normally much larger. In this situation, the parasite or insect always effects the other organism. The parasite or insect effects the other organism by harming it with its actions of getting its energy from the other organism. These actions usually include biting the other organism and taking some of its blood, or entering the organism and taking its food. These different actions effect and harm the other organism by irritating it or making it sick. However, this doesn't usually kill the other organism unless taken to an extent.