Interdependency Vocabulary

Habitat

• The area and conditions in which an organism lives

• Occurring between two or more species

• The ecological role played by an organism

• The symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed

Host

• An organism within or upon which another organism or virus (parasite, commensal, or mutualist) resides.

• Occurring within a species

• An organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and causes harm to the host.

• Something that carries pollen from one flower to the next

Interspecific

• Occurring between two or more species

• An organism that is captured and consumed by another organism for nourishment.

• An organism that captures and consumes another organism for nourishment

• Something that carries pollen from one flower to the next

Intraspecific

• Occurring within a species

• The area and conditions in which an organism lives

• An organism within or upon which another organism or virus (parasite, commensal, or mutualist) resides.

• Occurring between two or more species

Niche

• The ecological role played by an organism

• The symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed

• An organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and causes harm to the host.

• The area and conditions in which an organism lives

Parasite

• An organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and causes harm to the host.

• The symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed

• Something that carries pollen from one flower to the next

• An organism that captures and consumes another organism for nourishment

Parasitism

• The symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed

• An organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and causes harm to the host.

• An organism that is captured and consumed by another organism for nourishment.

• An organism that captures and consumes another organism for nourishment

Pollinator

• Something that carries pollen from one flower to the next

• The area and conditions in which an organism lives

• Occurring between two or more species

• The ecological role played by an organism

Predator

• An organism that captures and consumes another organism for nourishment

• An organism that is captured and consumed by another organism for nourishment.

• An organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and causes harm to the host.

• The ecological role played by an organism

Prey

• An organism that is captured and consumed by another organism for nourishment.

• An organism that captures and consumes another organism for nourishment

• An organism within or upon which another organism or virus (parasite, commensal, or mutualist) resides.

• An organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and causes harm to the host.