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Ecosystem 4.2
Vocabulary Words
Term | Definition |
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Habitat | Place where an organism or a population normally is found, lives or occurs. |
Niche | The way in which an organism fits into an ecological community or ecosystem |
Resource | Some substance or object required for an organism to function, live, and survive. |
Predation | Two different species fighting each other for food, or their prey. |
Herbivory | The eating of plants, especially ones that are still living. |
Symbiosis | A relation between two species of organisms in which they livein close union. |
Mutualism | A relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association. (gets their resources from each other) |
Parasitism | A relationship between two organisms in which one of them) benefits from, or lives off of the other |
Commensalism | A relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit NOR HARM. |