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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Competition | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource. |
| predation | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. |
| symbiosis | A close relationship two organisms of different species that benefitsat least one of the organisms. |
| Mutualism | A close relationship between organisms of two species in which both organisms benefit. |
| Commenaliam | A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped or harmed. |
| Parasitism | A relationship in which one organism lives in or on a host and harms it. |
| Primary Succession | The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist. |
| producer | An organism that can make its own food. |
| Consumer | An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
| Adaptation | A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive or reproduce in its environment. |
| Pioneer species | The first species to populate an area. |
| Immigration | Moving into a population. |
| Emigration | Leaving a population. |
| Secondary | something that was caused by a organism. |