HW31 -Ecological Relationships

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What is mutualism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction, such as bees pollinating flowers.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that recycles nutrients by breaking down dead or decaying organisms, like mushrooms.

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What is a producer?

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A plant or organism that makes its own food using energy from sunlight through photosynthesis.

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What is commensalism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is parasitism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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What is a predator?

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An organism that hunts and eats other organisms for food.

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What is a prey?

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An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which plants use sunlight to make their own food.

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What is a heterotroph?

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An organism that cannot make its own food and must consume other organisms for energy.

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that primarily eats other animals.