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IOLT Vocab
Interactions of Living Things Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Community | All the different populations that live together in an area |
| Ecosystem | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non-living surroundings |
| Biosphere | Planet Earth and its life |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats anything |
| Food Chain | A series of events in which one organism eats others and gains energy |
| Food Web | The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
| Energy Pyramid | A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web |
| Niche | The role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes its living |
| Symbiosis | A close relationship between two organisms of different species that benefits at least one of the organisms |
| Mutualism | A close relationship between two organisms of two species in which both organisms benefit |
| Commensalism | A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
| Parasitism | A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it |
| Limiting Factor | An enviromental factor that prevents a population from increasing |
| Carrying Capacity | The largest population that an area can support |