Ecological relationships

Front

What term describes all the populations of all the different species that live together in a particular area?

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Community

Front

What are the living portions of the ecosystem called?

Back

Biotic factors

Front

What is a relationship between two organisms where one benefits while the other is harmed?

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Parasitism

Front

What is the term for a relationship in which both organisms involved benefit?

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Mutualism

Front

What do you call a group of particular organisms that belong to the same species living in the same habitat?

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Population

Front

What is the term for the non-living components of an ecosystem?

Back

Abiotic factors

Front

What type of ecological relationship involves one organism benefiting while the other is neither helped nor harmed?

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Commensalism

Front

What is the process called when one organism hunts and eats another?

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Predation

Front

What is the term for the role an organism plays in its ecosystem, including its habitat and interactions with other organisms?

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Niche

Front

What is the term for the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity