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9.3
9.3 - Ecological Relationships
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place where an organism lives that provides the needed to live, grow and reproduce |
| niche | the role of an organism in its habitat |
| producer | an organism that can make its own food |
| consumer | an organism that obtains its energy by feeding on other organisms |
| predator | An animal that hunts other animals for food |
| prey | an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food |
| symbiosis | any relationship in which two species live closely together and that benefits at least one of the species. |
| mutualism | a type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from living together |
| commensalism | a type of symbiosis between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helps nor harmed. |
| parasitism | a type of symbiosis in which one organism lives with, in, or on a host and harms it |
| parasite | an organism that benefits from living with, on, or in a host in a parasitism interaction |
| host | the organism the parasite lives on or in and provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for the parasite to live. |
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