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Ch. 3 Ecosystems
Ecosystems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm | commensalism |
| Multiple different populations in an area | community |
| The struggle of organisms for the same limited resources. | competition |
| An attempt to preserve or protect an environment from harmful changes | conservation |
| Organisms that cannot make their own food. They get energy from producers or other consumers. | consumer |
| Organisms that get their energy from breaking down wastes and dead organisms. | decomposer |
| All living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions | ecosystem |
| All of the conditions surrounding an organism | environment |
| A series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living things to another. | Food Chain |
| A place that provides all things an organism needs to live | habitat |
| Relationship between two different organisms where one benefits at the expense of the other | parasitism |
| A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time. | population |
| An animal that hunts and eats other animals | predator |
| Any animal that is hunted by others for food | prey |
| makes their own food for energy | producer |
| a long-term relationship between 2 different organisms | symbiosis |
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