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5th Grade Science
3.2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| competition | organisms struggle with each other for limited resources such as food, water, space, mates |
| limiting factor | resource that restricts growth of populations |
| carrying capacity | greatest number of individuals that can be supported by an ecosystem |
| habitat | the physical place that an organism lives and gets its food |
| niche | the role that an organism plays in its community |
| symbiosis | the relationship between two or more kinds of organisms that lasts over time |
| mutualism | a symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit |
| commensalism | a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other neither benefits nor is harmed |
| parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed |
| parasite | the organism that benefits |
| host | the organism that is harmed |