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Pages 24-31 (Green)
These are the keywords for pages 24-31 in the green textbook
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Selection | Individuals whose unique characteristics are best suited for their environment tend to survive and produce. If the offspring get this trait, then they will survive and reproduce too. |
| Adaptions | The behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environment |
| Niche | The role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes a living |
| Competition | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
| Predation | The interaction in which an organism kills another for food |
| Predator | The organism that does the killing in predation |
| Prey | The organism that is killed in predation |
| Symbiosis | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species |
| Mutualism | A relationship in which both species benefit |
| Commensalism | A relationship in which one species benefits, and the other is not harmed (but does not benefit) |
| Parasitism | A relationship in which one species benefits, and the other is harmed |
| Parasite | The organism that benefits in parasitism |
| Host | The organism that is harmed in parasitism |