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Ecology

TermDefinition
Producer Organisms that make their own food
Consumer Organisms that eat other food to get energy.
Predator An organism that preys on something else.
Prey An organism that is being hunted and killed for another person's food.
Parasite An organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits.
Host An organism on which a parasite lives.
Food Web A set of interlocking food chains.
Ecosystem A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Biotic Factor Factors that are related to life.
Abiotic Factor Factors that are unrelated to life.
Population A community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs.
Community A group of interdependent organisms of different species growing or living together in a specified habitat.
Interdependence The quality of being mutually reliant.
Adverse Unfavorable
Mutualism A symbiotic relationship between individuals of different species in which both individuals benefit from the association.
Commensalism A form of symbiosis between two organisms of different species in which one of them benefits from the association whereas the other is unaffected.
Parasitism A form of symbiosis in which one organism benefits at the expense of another organism usually of different species.The association may also lead to the injury of the host.
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