Ecology Vocab Part Two

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Limiting Factor

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something such as food, water, or space that limits the size of a population

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Carrying Capacity

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the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

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Predator

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an organism that kills and eats another for food

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Prey

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an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

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Competition

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occurs when two or more organisms or populations try to use the same resource (i.e. food, water, space, etc.)

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Symbiosis

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a close, long-term association between two or more species

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Mutualism

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a relationship between two species in which both species benefit

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Commensalism

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a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

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Parasitism

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a relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed