NO TROPHIC INTERACTION BETWEEN ORGANISMS i.e. NO ENERGY EXCHANGE, OFTEN USED FOR TRAVEL
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COMMENSALISM
INDIRECT TROPHIC INTERACTION WHERE ONE ORGANISM BENEFITS AND THE OTHER DOESN'T
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EXPLOITATION
DIRECT TROPHIC INTERACTION WHERE THE HOST ORGANISM IS HARMED OR KILLED
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NEUTRALISTIC
BOTH PARTIES BENEFIT
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PREDATOR
A TYPE OF EXPLOITATION, THERE ARE MANY HOSTS AND THESE ARE ALWAYS KILLED
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PARASITOID
TROPHIC INTERACTION WITH ONE HOST WHERE THE HOST IS ALWAYS KILLED
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MICROPREDATOR
HAS MANY HOSTS THAT ARE SELDOM KILLED
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PARASITE
HAS ONE HOST THAT IS SELDOM KILLED, BUT CAN BE HARMED
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF PHORESY
MITES TRAVELING IN THE FUR OF A MAMMAL (panthera leo)
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF COMMENSALISM
SHARKS (SELACHIMORPHA) AND REMORAS (ECHENEIDAE) WHICH SCAVENGE ON THE ECTOPARASITES ON THE SHARKS SKIN
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A MICROPREDATOR
VAMPIRE BATS HAVE BLOOD MEALS FROM DIFFERENT UNGULATE INDIVIDUALS SO AS NOT TO KILL THEM DIRECTLY
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DEFINE OBLIGATE PARASITISM
AN OBLIGATE PARASITE REQUIRES THEIR HOST IN ORDER TO LIVE OUT THEIR FULL LIFECYCLE, THEY HAVE PROLONGED, INTIMATE CONTACT WITH THEIR HOST
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DEFINE FACULTATIVE PARASITISM
FACULTATIVE PARASITES ARE NORMALLY FREELIVING BUT WILL ENTER A HOST FOR SOME PERIOD OF THEIR LIFECYCLE
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DEFINE OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITISM
AN OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE HOSTS SITUATION, FOR EXAMPLE IF THEY HAVE A PARTICULARLY WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM
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WHAT IS A DIRECT LIFECYCLE?
PARASITES WHO HAVE DIRECT LIFECYCLES ARE THOSE WHO REACH SEXUAL MATURITY WITHIN THEIR HOST.
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WHAT IS AN INDIRECT LIFECYCLE?
PARASITES WHO HAVE INDIRECT LIFECYCLES ARE THOSE WHO COMPLETE THEIR LIFECYCLES USING INTERMEDIATE HOSTS FOR DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR LIFE
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF OBLIGATORY PARASITES
THE DOG TAPEWORM CAN LIVE TO 25YRS IN THE SMALL INTESTINE, THEY RELY ON THEIR HOST FOR GENOME REPLICATION AND THEY CANNOT HARM THE HOST PAST THE POINT WHERE THEY ****** THE HOSTS HEALTH AS THEY ARE COMPLETELY RELIANT ON THE HOST FOR THEIR FITNESS
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF FACULTATIVE PARASITES
THE BRAIN EATING AMOEBA COLONISES AND REPLICATES IN THE HUMAN BRAIN, MAKING THE BRAIN SWELL WHICH CAN BE FATAL TO THE HOST
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITE
TOXOPLASMA GONDII TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WITH A WEAKER IMMUNE SYSTEM, COMMON IN AIDS SUFFERERS
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A DIRECT LIFECYCLE
ROUNDWORM LARVAE MATURE IN THE GUT OF HERBIVORES WHERE THEY REPRODUCE AND LAY EGGS, EGGS ARE TRANSFERRED TO ANIMAL DUNG AND LIVE ON PASTURE UNTIL INGESTED
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN INDIRECT LIFECYCLE
LIVER FLUKE COMPLETES ITS LARVAL STAGE IN MOLLUSCS, ENTERS SNAILS AS SPORATIST, DEVELOPS A FLAGELLUM AND GOES TO THE DUODENUM TO REPRODUCE, EGGS ARE PASSED OUT IN THE FAECES, INTO THE WATER
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WHAT IS A MECHANICAL VECTOR
A MECHANICAL VECTOR DELIVERS THE PARASITE FROM ONE HOST TO ANOTHER, WITHOUT ANY REPLICATION
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WHAT IS A BIOLOGICAL VECTOR
WHILE THE PARASITE IS ON A BIOLOGICAL VECTOR, IT HAS A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE WITHIN ITS LIFECYLE
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WHAT IS A DEFINITIVE HOST
HOST IN WHICH THE PARASITE REACHES SEXUAL MATURITY, USUALLY FOLLOWED WITHI SEXUAL REPRODUCTION WITHIN THE HOST
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WHAT IS AN INTERMEDIATE HOST
PARASITE UNDERGOES A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE AND MAY REPRODUCE ASEXUALLY BUT NEVER SEXUALLY
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WHAT IS A RESERVOIR HOST
NATURAL HOSTS FOR PARASITES WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INFECT HUMANS OR ANIMALS
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WHAT IS A PARATENIC HOST
NO DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE OCCURS, THEY ARE USED AS A MECHANICAL VECTOR, TO BRIDGE AN ECOLOGICAL OR TROPHIC GAP
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Card 2
Front
INDIRECT TROPHIC INTERACTION WHERE ONE ORGANISM BENEFITS AND THE OTHER DOESN'T
Back
COMMENSALISM
Card 3
Front
DIRECT TROPHIC INTERACTION WHERE THE HOST ORGANISM IS HARMED OR KILLED
Back
Card 4
Front
BOTH PARTIES BENEFIT
Back
Card 5
Front
A TYPE OF EXPLOITATION, THERE ARE MANY HOSTS AND THESE ARE ALWAYS KILLED
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