LS Part 2: Symbiotic Relationships

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What is a predator?

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An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism.

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What is the term for the largest population that an environment can support?

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Carrying capacity.

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit, such as red-billed oxpeckers feeding on parasites of impala.

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What is parasitism?

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another, such as aphids feeding on plant leaves.

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What is coevolution?

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The process where two or more species influence each other's evolution.

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What is prey?

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An organism that is killed and eaten by a predator.

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What is commensalism?

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

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What is competition in ecology?

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The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

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What is a limiting factor?

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An environmental condition that restricts the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism.

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What is the difference between a predator and prey?

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A predator hunts and eats other organisms, while prey is the organism that is hunted.