Relationships in a Community

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The largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time is called the ______________________.

• limiting factor
• mutualism
• carry capacity
• niches

A relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is harmed is called ______.

• parasitism
• mutualism
• symbiosis
• population

Anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population is called ______.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• carrying capacity
• limiting factor

A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected is called:

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• community

All of the organisms of the same species that live in an area at the same time is called an ecosystem.

• True
• False

When two or more organisms seek the same resource at the same time this is called competition.

• true
• False

Biology is the study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environments.

• True
• False

Commensalism is a relationship in which both organisms benefit from the relationship.