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Section 3 Vocabb
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Selection | The process in which a characteristic that makes an individual better suited to its environment may eventually become common in that species |
| Adaptations | The behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environments |
| Niche | The role of an organism in its habitat or how it makes its living |
| Competition | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
| Predation | The interaction in which one organism kills another for food |
| Predator | The organism that kills another to eat. |
| Prey | The animal that is killed in predation |
| Symbiosis | The interaction between two organisms |
| Mutualism | When the relationship between two organisms benefits them both |
| Commensalism | When the relationship between two organisms benefits one organism and doesn't affect the other |
| Parasitism | When the relationship between two organisms benefits one organism and harms the other |
| Parasite | An organism that lives in another organism and feeds off its nutrients at its expense |
| Host | An organism housing another organism that is feeding off of its nutrients at its expense |