Clownfishes live within the waving mass of Fleas bite into their sucking their blood, host’s skin, tentacles of sea anemones; Because most fishes and causing them to itch. The fleas, in turn, get food and avoid the poisonous tentacles, the clownfishes are a warm home. protected from predators Flea Host Type of Symbiotic Clown fish Sea Anemones Type of relationship Symbiotic parasitism relationship :I commensalism For each story below, indicate what the organism’s habitat is and what its niche is. Tapeworms are segmented flatworms that attach themselves to the insides of the intestines of animals such as cows, pigs, and humans. They get food by eating the host's partly digested food, depriving the host of nutrients. HABITAT: intestines of animals NICHE: parasite Oxpeckers (a kind of bird) land on rhinos or zebras and eat ticks and other parasites that live on their skin. The oxpeckers get food and the beasts get pest control. Also, when there is danger, the oxpeckers fly upward and scream a warning. HABITAT: in the savanna, on backs of animals NICHE: consumer, heterotroph For each of the biomes below, indicate its average temperature, rainfall, and biodiversity Temperature (hot, cold, Rainfall (high, low, or Biodiversity (high, low, or moderate) moderate) or moderate) Tropical rain forest Hot HIGH HIGH!!!! Taiga moderate moderate moderate Deciduous forest moderate moderate moderate Grassland moderate moderate moderate Tundra Cold Low Low Desert hot Low Low
Fleas bite into their host’s skin, sucking their blood, and causing them to itch. The fleas, in turn, get food and a warm home. Flea Host Type of Symbiotic relationship parasitism Clownfishes live within the waving mass of tentacles of sea anemones; Because most fishes avoid the poisonous tentacles, the clownfishes are protected from predators Clown fish Sea Anemones Type of Symbiotic relationship :I commensalism For each story below, indicate what the organism’s habitat is and what its niche is. Tapeworms are segmented flatworms that attach themselves to the insides of the intestines of animals such as cows, pigs, and humans. They get food by eating the host's partly digested food, depriving the host of nutrients. HABITAT: intestines of animals NICHE: parasite Oxpeckers (a kind of bird) land on rhinos or zebras and eat ticks and other parasites that live on their skin. The oxpeckers get food and the beasts get pest control. Also, when there is danger, the oxpeckers fly upward and scream a warning. HABITAT: in the savanna, on backs of animals NICHE: consumer, heterotroph For each of the biomes below, indicate its average temperature, rainfall, and biodiversity Temperature (hot, cold, or moderate) Rainfall (high, low, or moderate) Biodiversity (high, low, or moderate) Tropical rain forest Hot HIGH HIGH!!!! Taiga moderate moderate moderate Deciduous forest moderate moderate moderate Grassland moderate moderate moderate Tundra Cold Low Low Desert hot Low Low
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