Ecological Relationships Flashcard

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What is commensalism in ecological relationships?

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A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

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What is the term for a close interaction between two different species?

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Symbiosis.

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What do you call an organism that obtains energy from consuming the bodies of other organisms?

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Heterotroph.

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What best describes parasitism?

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The parasite benefits while the host is harmed.

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What is the non-living part of the natural environment where an organism lives?

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Habitat.

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What is mutualism?

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A relationship where both organisms benefit.

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What is the role of a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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Define predation.

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A relationship where one organism (the predator) hunts and eats another organism (the prey).

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with the non-living environment.