Interactions in Ecosystems

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What is a predator?

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An organism that kills and eats another organism for food.

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What is prey?

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An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator.

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What is parasitism?

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A type of interaction where one organism benefits at the expense of another, causing harm to the host.

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What is mutualism?

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A relationship in which both organisms involved benefit from the interaction.

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What is competition in ecosystems?

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An interaction where two or more organisms compete for the same resources, such as food, water, or space.

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What is commensalism?

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A type of interaction where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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Give an example of parasitism.

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Mistletoe growing on a tree and extracting nutrients from it.

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Give an example of mutualism.

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A bird eating parasites off a rhinoceros while the rhinoceros provides protection to the bird.

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What is the predator/prey relationship?

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An interaction where one organism (the predator) hunts and eats another organism (the prey).

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms interacting with their environment.