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C2 Science Vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural selection | The process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures. |
| Adaptation | the act of adapting. |
| Competition | the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize, etc. |
| Predator | any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms. |
| Mutualism | a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association. |
| Parasitism | a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another. |
| Niche | the position or function of an organism in a community of plants and animals. |
| Predation | a relation between animals in which one organism captures and feeds on others. |
| Prey | an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal. |
| Symbiosis | the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism. |
| Commensalism | a type of relationship between two species of a plant, animal, fungus, etc., in which one lives with, on, or in another without damage to either. |
| Parasite | an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment. |
| Host | a living animal or plant from which a parasite obtains nutrition. |
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