Relationships in Ecosystems

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What is commensalism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers; in a food web, it is typically a carnivore.

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What are parasites?

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Organisms that live on or in a host and benefit at the host's expense.

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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms.

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What is a predator?

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An organism that hunts and consumes other organisms for food.

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What is mutualism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

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What is parasitism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of the other.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; usually herbivores.