L.3.2 Vocabulary Words

Animals that rely on other organisms for food.

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Producers

• Decomposers

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When 2 or more organisms need the same resource at the same time.

• Cooperation

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Predation

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Are the BASE of any ecosystem food chain

Ex. algae, grass, phytoplankton

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Consumers

• Decomposers

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A mutually beneficial relationship between 

Ex. 3 Types 1. Mutualism, 2. Commensalism and 3. Parasitism

• Cooperation

• Coexistence

• Symbiosis

• Predation

One benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed.

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Commensalism

Animals that are killed and eaten by other animals.

• Predator

• Prey

• Parasite

• Host

An animal that kills and eats other animals

• Predator

• Prey

• Parasite

• Host

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One organism benefits and the other is negatively affected

Ex. Tick on a dog

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

an animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives

Ex. A tapeworm (parasite) and cow (host)

• Predator

• Prey

• Parasite

• Host

Benefits at the expense of the host and harms the host 

Ex. Mosquitos, Fleas, Ticks, Tapeworms

• Predator

• Prey

• Parasite

• Host

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