Ecology Terms

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Abiotic

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Non-living

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Biotic

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Living organism

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Predator

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An animal that naturally preys (hunts) on others.

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Prey

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An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

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Competition

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When two animals fight for the same resource

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Symbiosis

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Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical distance to each other

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Mutualism

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Symbiotic relationship that is beneficial to both organisms involved.

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Commensalism

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Symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed.

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Parasitism

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Symbiotic relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm.

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Carnivore

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An animal that feeds on flesh/eats meat.

Think - at a carnival you eat a turkey leg (meat)