click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit 3
4.2
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Habitat | Natural home for animals, plants, organisms |
Niche | An organism fits into an ecological community or ecosystem. |
Resource | A substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction. |
Predation | Biological interaction with a predator. |
Herbivory | The eating of plants, especially the ones that are still living. |
Symbiosis | The process by which two organisms live together, usually to their mutual benefit. |
Mutualism | Type of symbiosis. |
Parasitism | A relationship between two things in which one of them benefits from or lives off of the other. |
Commensalism | An association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm. |