Ecological Relationships

Front

What is the term used to describe ALL of the populations of ALL the species of living organisms within a particular habitat?

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Community

Front

What is another word for a plant or other producer that makes its own food using energy from sunlight?

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Autotroph

Front

What do we call the animal in an ecological relationship that results in another animal being hunted, killed, and eaten?

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Predator

Front

What ecological relationship is demonstrated when two male kangaroos fight over a potential mate?

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Competition

Front

What is the ecological relationship called when one organism benefits while the other is not affected?

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Commensalism

Front

What is the term for organisms that cannot produce their own food and must consume other organisms?

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Heterotrophs

Front

What is the ecological relationship called when both species benefit from the interaction?

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Mutualism

Front

In an ecological context, what is the term for the role an organism plays in its environment?

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Niche

Front

What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another?

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Parasitism

Front

What is the term for the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity