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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Predator | An animal that hunts and eat other animals |
| Prey | An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal |
| Predatory relationship | Involves predators hunting and eating prey |
| Competitive relationship | Involves organisms trying to obtain the same resources in an ecosystem |
| Symbiotic relationship | Involves long-term interactions where at least one of the organisms benefits |
| Mutualism | Two species live among one another while both benefit from the relationship. Each species provides something for the other. |
| Parasitism | A parasite lives on or within a host organism. The parasite benefits are the host is harmed. |
| Commensalism | To organisms live closely together. One benefits, while the other is neither harmed or helped. |
| Parasite | An organism that lives on or inside another organism getting food and shelter at the organisms ex |
| Host | A living organism that is harmed in a parasitic relationship |