Enrichment / Research Activities for ACE Qn 4~

Enrichment / Research Activities for ACE

Qn 4~


A. Human activities such as polluting the environment in such or near such forests might cause acid rain into the forest and streams, damaging the habitat for the Ants and Trees to live in, thus making the ants unable to use the tree to attract prey and feed. Humans can also cut down the forests through deforestation and even destroy vast areas of the forest. Humans hiking into the forest might also throw rubbish into the forest and thus pollute the environment, making it unsuitable for the ants to live in.

B. The three different types of symbiotic relationships are firstly, mutualism, between the mould and the ants. The mould helps the ants to ants by growing around the trap built by the ants and reinforcing it. The ants in turn provide a place for the mould to grow without harm, under protection of the ants. The second relationship is the relationship between predator and prey, the ants being the predator and the passers-by of the trap being the prey. The last relationship is parasitism between the trees and the ants. The ants destroy the tree by cutting the hairs of the trees and using it for their purpose, damaging the tree.