PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Specialist
An organism that can only live in a small range of environments or off a limited diet
Example: Tiger Salamander can only live in areas that are wet year round
Generalist
Organisms that can live in a variety of environments and use various resources
Example: starfish can eat anything that it can catch
CONFORMER
An organism that changes based on it's environment
Example: a snail changes its body heat because the environment it is in
Regulator
Organism that maintain its condition despite its environment
Example: a kangaroo keeps a constant body temperature no matter the conditions it is in
Mutualism
When two species benefit from the relationship they have between them
Example: clownfish and anemones
Parasitism
One species benefits off another species by harming it
Example: Mosquitos and humans
Commensalism
One species benefits from another but the species it benefits from is unaffected
Example: shark with fish swimming with it
Predation
One species eats another one
Example: Bears eat fish for one of their main sources of food
Competition
More than one organism uses the same resource simultaneously
Example: multiple penguins may try to eat the same fish since their are so few
