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Vocab science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| trophic cascade | a powerful indirect interaction that can control entire ecosystem |
| invasive species | any organism that is not native to an ecosystem |
| competition | the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resorces |
| predation | a interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients |
| symbiosis | any relationship In which 2 species live closely toghether |
| mutualism | a type of symbiosis oin which both organism benefits |
| commensalism | a animal that eats both plants and animals |
| parasitism | a type of symbiosis in which a organism lives with or on a host and harms it |
| biodiversity | the number and variety of a area |
| key stone species | a species that influences the survival of many other species |
| succesion | the series of predictable |
| ecosystem servies | the benefits that humans get from ecosystesms |