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Population
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural selection | The process where organisms are best adapted to their environment. |
| Adaptation | An inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps the organism survive. |
| Niche | How an organism makes its living and interacts with the abiotic and biotic factors in its habitat. |
| Competition | A struggle between organisms to survive of the same limited resources. |
| Predation | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients. |
| Predator | The organism that does the killing in a predation. |
| Prey | The organism that is killed and eaten by another organism in a predation interaction. |
| Symbiosis | Any relationship between two organisms that live closely together with at least one of the organisms benefits. |
| Mutualism | A type of symbiosis where both organism are benefited. |
| Commensalism | A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is not effected. |
| Parasitism | A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is harmed. |
| Parasite | An organism that benefits at the expense of its host. |
| Host | An organism that a parasite lives with, in, or on, and provides the parasite with the nutrients. |