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Adaptations

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Adaptation   A characteristic that helps an organism to change and thrive in it's environment  
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Niche   An organism's role or responsibility in an ecosystem  
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Competition   The struggle for resources between organisms in an effort to survive  
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Predation   An interaction between predator and prey where one organism kills the other organism for food  
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Predator   The organism that does the killing  
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Prey   The organism that is killed by a predator  
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Predator Adaptations   Adaptations that help predators catch and kill their prey such as sharp teeth, strong jaws, and fast speed  
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Prey Adaptations   Adaptations that help prey avoid being killed by a predator such as warning coloration, mimicry, camouflage, protective coloration, and false coloring.  
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Warning Coloration   An organism that has bright, eye-catching colors and patterns to warn a predator that it is dangerous or poisonous  
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Mimicry   A defenseless organism will change its appearance to look another organism with bright, eye-catching colors and patterns.  
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Camouflage   An organism changes its appearance to blend in with its environment  
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Limiting Factors   An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size.  
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Examples of limiting factors   Food, water, space, and weather  
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Carrying capacity   The largest population that an area can support (the biggest number or organisms that can live in an area).  
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Organism   A single living thing  
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Population   All of the members of one species living in a particular area  
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Community   All of the different populations that live together in an area (all of the living things!)  
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Ecosystem   All of the living and non living things in an area (The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non-living environment).  
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Biotic Factors   The parts of a habitat that are living, or were once living  
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Abiotic Factors   The non-living parts of an organism's habitat  
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Habitat   An environment that provides the things that a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.  
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Symbiosis   Any relationship in which two species live closely together and at least one of the species benefits  
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Mutualism   A relationship in which both organisms benefit  
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Commensalism   A relationship in which one species benefits and and the other species is neither helped nor harmed  
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Parasitism   A relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism, harming it.  
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Parasite   The organism that lives with, on, or inside of a host, and its benefits.  
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Host   The organism that the parasite lives on or inside, and it is usually harmed.  
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