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Pg. 24-31 textbook
key terms for pg 24-31 science textbook
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Selection | A characteristic that makes an individual better suited to its environment may eventually become common in that species through a process. |
| Adaptions | The behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environments. |
| Niche | The role of an organism in its living. |
| Competition | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource. |
| Predation | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. |
| Predator | The organism that does the killing. |
| Prey | The organism that is killed. |
| 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 species is neither helped nor harmed. |
| Parasitism | Involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it. |
| Parasite | The organism that benefits. |
| Host | The organism the Parasite lives in or on. |
| Howie Weinstock | Period 3 science |
| Natural Selection | A characteristic that makes an individual better suited to its environment may eventually become common in that species through a process. |
| Adaptions | The behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environments. |
| Niche | The role of an organism in its living. |
| Competition | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource. |
| Predation | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. |
| Predator | The organism that does the killing. |
| Prey | The organism that is killed. |
| 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 species is neither helped nor harmed. |
| Parasitism | Involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it. |
| Parasite | The organism that benefits. |
| Host | The organism the Parasite lives in or on. |
| Howie Weinstock | Period 3 science |