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Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | All tyhe living and nonliving things in an envirment, including their interactions with each other |
| population | All the members of one species in an area |
| community | All the living things in an ecosystem |
| food chain | The path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem |
| food web | The overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
| predator | An animal that hunts other animals for food |
| prey | A living thing that is hunted for food |
| energy pyramid | A diagram that has the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem |
| Adaptation | A charactoristic that helps an organismto survive in its enviroment |
| Camouflage | An adaptation in which an animal protects itself against predators by blending in with the enviroment |
| protective coloration | A type of camoflage in which the color and the shape of an animal blends in with its background, protecting the animal against predators |
| protective resemblance | A type of camouflage in which the color and shape of an animal blends in with its background protecting it against predators |
| mimicry | An adaptation which an animal is protected against predators by its resemblance of another unpleasant animal |
| Limiting factor | Anything that controls the growth or survival of a population |
| Carrying capacity | The maximum population size that an ecosystem can support |
| habitat | the place where a plant or An animal lives and grows |
| niche | the role of an organism in an ecosystem |
| symbiosis | A relationship between two kinds of organisms over time |
| mutualism | A relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits both |
| commensalism | A relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits one without harming the other |
| parasite | a relationship in which one organism lives in or on organism that benefits from that relationship while the host organism is harmed by it |