Ecological Relationships Flashcard

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals.

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What is mutualism?

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A type of ecological relationship where both species benefit, such as a honeybee and a flower.

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What is the predator/prey relationship?

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A relationship where one organism (the predator) hunts and eats another organism (the prey), like a wolf eating a rabbit.

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What is symbiosis?

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A close interaction between two different species, which can be mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic.

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What is a community in ecological terms?

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All of the populations of all species of living organisms within a particular habitat.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that produces its own food, typically through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a herbivore?

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An animal that primarily eats plants.

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What is parasitism?

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A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another, such as a tick feeding on a dog.

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What is commensalism?

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A relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed, like barnacles on a whale.

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What is competition in ecology?

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A relationship where two or more species compete for the same resources, such as food or habitat.