Ecological Relationships Review

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What is Mutualism?

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A relationship between two organisms where both benefit from the interaction, such as bees pollinating flowers.

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What is the role of a Prey in an ecological relationship?

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The organism that is hunted and consumed by a predator.

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Define Carrying Capacity.

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The maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain.

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What is a Community in ecology?

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All the populations of different species that live together in a particular area.

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What happens to prey numbers when predator numbers decrease?

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Prey numbers increase because fewer of them are being consumed.

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What is Commensalism?

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

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Define Predator-Prey relationship.

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

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.

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What is an Autotroph?

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

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Explain the concept of Ecosystem.

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.