Ecosystem Relationships

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What is carrying capacity?

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support sustainably.

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What is a host in an ecosystem relationship?

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An organism that is used by a parasite for food or shelter, often harmed in the process.

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What are limiting factors?

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Conditions that prevent a population from growing larger, such as food availability, disease, and predation.

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What is competition in an ecosystem?

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A relationship where two or more species fight for the same resources, such as food, water, or space.

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What is a symbiotic relationship?

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A close interaction between two different species, which can be beneficial, harmful, or neutral.

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What is mutualism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit, such as bees pollinating flowers.

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What is predation?

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An interaction where one organism (the predator) kills and eats another organism (the prey).

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What is parasitism?

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A relationship where one organism (the parasite) benefits at the expense of another organism (the host).

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What is commensalism?

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A symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment.