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science chp.18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Organism that is harmed in parasitism | host |
| Struggle between organisms for limited resources in a habitat | competition |
| the organism that does the killing in predation | predator |
| organism that is killed in predation | prey |
| all three living and nonliving things that interact in an area | ecosystem |
| place where and organism lives and that interact in an area | habitat |
| organism that benefit in parasitism | parasite |
| behavior and physical character of species that allow them to live successfully | adaption |
| study of how living things interact with each other and their environment | ecology |
| an approximation of a number | estimate |
| relationship in which one species benefits and one is unharmed | commensalism |
| a group of similar organisms that can produce fertile offspring | species |
| an organism's particular role in an ecosystem | niche |
| relationship in which at least one species benefits | symbiosis |
| interaction in which organism kills and eats another | predation |
| relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another and harms it | parasitism |
| process by which individuals that are better adapted | natural section |
| relationship between 2 species in which both species benefit | mutualism |
| number of birth in a population in a certain amount of time | birth rate |
| number of death | death rate |
| moving into a population | immigration |
| leaving a population | emigration |
| environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing | limiting factor |
| largest population that an area can support | carrying capacity |
| nonliving apart of an ecosystem | abiotic factor |
| living part of the ecosystem | biotic factor |
| members of one species in a particular area | population |
| the different population that live together in a area | community |
| photosynthesis |